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An Indian artist applies makeup in a mirror as he gets ready to perform during the Bathukamma festival dedicated to the Hindu Goddes Gauri in Hyderabad. Mahesh Kumar A / AP Photo -
A priest performs rituals during the Hindu festival Durga Puja in Allahabad. Sanjay Kanojia / AFP -
A performer practices at the Rambo Circus in Pimpri. Allison Joyce / Getty Images -
Hindu devotees perform "Garba", a traditional folk dance, during celebrations to mark the Navratri festival at Surat in the western state of Gujarat. Amit Dave / Reuters -
A vendor sells effigies of the Hindu demon King Ravana on the roadside in Amritsar. Narinder Nanu / AFP -
A man looks through a window into a room, which police said is the site where two children were burnt alive by a group of men, at the Sunpedh village in Ballabhgarh. Adnan Abidi / Reuters -
An artist rests on a cot after preparing effigies of the ten-headed demon god Ravana in preparation for the upcoming Dessehra festival in New Delhi. Manish Swarup / AP Photo -
A Hindu priest offers evening prayer in front of an idol of the Goddess Durga in New Delhi. Sajjad Hussain / AFP -
Hindu devotees line up with ducks and goats to be sacrificed at the 281 years old historic Devi Dol temple, built by Queen Madambika, consort of great Ahom King Siva Singha in the year 1734, on the occasion of Maha Asthami during Durga Puja festival in Sivasagar. AFP PHOTO -
Pigeons fly after an Indian Air Force helicopter which made an emergency landing at the Bandra Kurla complex ground in Mumbai. Rajanish Kakade / AP Photo -
A man sits holding a mirror on the rear seat of a scooter in a street in Amritsar. Raminder Pal Singh / EPA -
Inside India: October 22, 2015
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