• A Hindu devotee dressed as Hindu Godess Kali begs for alms at Gangasagar Island. Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP
    A Hindu devotee dressed as Hindu Godess Kali begs for alms at Gangasagar Island. Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP
  • Hindu Devotees arrive to take a holy bath and perform rituals at Gangasagar Island. Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP
    Hindu Devotees arrive to take a holy bath and perform rituals at Gangasagar Island. Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP
  • A man walks over a bridge at the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati River, during a cold and foggy morning in Allahabad. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
    A man walks over a bridge at the Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati River, during a cold and foggy morning in Allahabad. Rajesh Kumar Singh / AP Photo
  • Stuntmen perform on bikes and cars during a show of 'Maut ka Kuan' or 'Well of Death' at the 'Bhopal Utsav' fair, in Bhopal. Sanjeev Gupta / EPA
    Stuntmen perform on bikes and cars during a show of 'Maut ka Kuan' or 'Well of Death' at the 'Bhopal Utsav' fair, in Bhopal. Sanjeev Gupta / EPA
  • People carry an oversized kite on a bike during the Lohri festival in Amritsar. Raminder Pal Singh / EPA
    People carry an oversized kite on a bike during the Lohri festival in Amritsar. Raminder Pal Singh / EPA
  • Students perform a traditional folk dance near a bonfire as they celebrate at the Lohri festival in Chandigarh. Ajay Verma / Reuters
    Students perform a traditional folk dance near a bonfire as they celebrate at the Lohri festival in Chandigarh. Ajay Verma / Reuters
  • Indian wildlife officials measure one of the dozens of whales that washed ashore on Manapad beach in the Tuticorin district, Tamil Nadu state. Senthil Arumugam / AP Photos
    Indian wildlife officials measure one of the dozens of whales that washed ashore on Manapad beach in the Tuticorin district, Tamil Nadu state. Senthil Arumugam / AP Photos
  • Participants try to hold on to a bull during a bull-taming sport, called Jallikattu, in Alanganallor. Arun Sankar K. / AP Photo
    Participants try to hold on to a bull during a bull-taming sport, called Jallikattu, in Alanganallor. Arun Sankar K. / AP Photo
  • An man is silhouetted against the sun while feeding crows near the coast of the Arabian Sea in Mumbai. Divyakant Solanki / EPA
    An man is silhouetted against the sun while feeding crows near the coast of the Arabian Sea in Mumbai. Divyakant Solanki / EPA
  • Indian Border Security Force (BSF) female commandos take part in a training exercise at the Kharkan STC Training Camp at Hoshiarpu. Shammi Mehra / AFP
    Indian Border Security Force (BSF) female commandos take part in a training exercise at the Kharkan STC Training Camp at Hoshiarpu. Shammi Mehra / AFP

Inside India: January 14, 2016

Fatima Al Marzouqi

January 14, 2016

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