Sadhus (Hindu holy men) take a holy dip in the waters of the Ganges River on the day of Shahi Snan (royal bath) during the ongoing religious Kumbh Mela festival, in Haridwar on April 12, 2021. (Photo by Money Sharma/AFP Photo)
A Naga Sadhu (Hindu holy man) blows a conch as he takes a holy dip in the waters of the Ganges River on the day of Shahi Snan (royal bath) during the ongoing religious Kumbh Mela festival, in Haridwar on April 12, 2021. (Photo by Money Sharma/AFP Photo)
Devotees cross the dry riverbed of the Ganges river during Kumbh Mela, or the Pitcher Festival, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Haridwar, India, April 13, 2021. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)
A stray dogs rests at a deserted Marine Drive following restrictions in Mumbai, India, Wednesday April 14, 2021. The teeming metropolis of Mumbai and other parts of Maharashtra, the Indian state worst hit by the pandemic, face stricter restrictions for 15 days starting Wednesday in an effort to stem the surge of coronavirus infections. (Photo by Rajanish Kakade/AP Photo)
Indian holy men or Naga Sadhu along with the other pilgrims take the holy dip in Ganga river during the Kumbh Mela royal bath (Sacred Hindu Pilgrimage) at Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India, 12 April 2021. Thousands of pilgrims are gathering and taking holy dip in Kumbh Mela that is a mass Hindu pilgrimage which occurs after every twelve years and rotates among four locations Prayag (Allahabad) at the confluence of the Ganga and Yamuna and mythical Saraswati river, Haridwar along the Ganga river, Ujjain along the Kshipra river and Nashik along the Godavari river. (Photo by Idrees Mohammed/EPA/EFE)
Indian holy men, or Naga Sadhu, ride a motorbike on their way to take a holy dip in the Ganges River during the Kumbh Mela at Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India, 14 April 2021. Thousands of pilgrims gather for the mass Hindu pilgrimage which occurs every twelve years and rotates among four locations. (Photo by Idrees Mohammed/EPA/EFE)
Devotees attend morning prayer on the banks of the Ganges river during Kumbh Mela, or the Pitcher Festival, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Haridwar, India, April 11, 2021. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)
A woman walks barefoot near burning shanties at a slum area in Noida, a suburb of New Delhi, India, Sunday, April 11, 2021. Two children were killed and more than 150 huts of a slum inhabited mostly by ragpickers were gutted in a fire that broke out Sunday afternoon. (Photo by Altaf Qadri/AP Photo)
A police officer asks a devotee to leave after he took a holy dip in the waters of river Ganges during Kumbh Mela, or the Pitcher Festival, in Haridwar, India, April 12, 2021. (Photo by Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters)
A Naga Sadhu, or Hindu holy man, waits before the procession for taking a dip in the Ganges river during Shahi Snan at “Kumbh Mela”, or the Pitcher Festival, in Haridwar, India, April 12, 2021. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)
A Naga Sadhu, or Hindu holy man waits before the procession for taking a dip in the Ganges river during Shahi Snan at “Kumbh Mela”, or the Pitcher Festival, in Haridwar, India, April 12, 2021. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)
Naga Sadhus, or Hindu holy men, wait before the procession for taking a dip in the Ganges river during Shahi Snan at “Kumbh Mela”, or the Pitcher Festival, in Haridwar, India, April 12, 2021. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)
Naga Sadhus, or Hindu holy men, participate in the procession for taking a dip in the Ganges river during Shahi Snan at “Kumbh Mela”, or the Pitcher Festival, in Haridwar, India, April 12, 2021. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)
Sadhus, or Hindu holy men take a dip in the Ganges river during Shahi Snan at “Kumbh Mela”, or the Pitcher Festival, in Haridwar, India, April 12, 2021. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)
A fisherman throws a basket filled with prawns for sorting at a fish market, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mumbai, India, April 12, 2021. (Photo by Niharika Kulkarni/Reuters)
People leave after offering prayers on the first day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan at Jama Masjid in the old quarters of Delhi, India, April 14, 2021. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)
A police officer tries to control a crowd waiting to board trains at Lokmanya Tilak Terminus in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. India’s worst-hit and richest state Maharashtra will impose stricter restrictions for 15 days on Wednesday in an effort to stem the surge of coronavirus infections that is threatening to overcome hospitals. (Photo by Rafiq Maqbool/AP Photo)
Naked Hindu holy men gather to take holy dips in the Ganges River during Kumbh Mela, or pitcher festival, one of the most sacred pilgrimages in Hinduism, in Haridwar, northern state of Uttarakhand, India, Monday, April 12, 2021. Tens of thousands of Hindu devotees gathered by the Ganges River for special prayers Monday, many of them flouting social distancing practices as the coronavirus spreads in India with record speed. (Photo by Karma Sonam/AP Photo)
A Naga Sadhu, or Hindu holy man wears a mask before the procession for taking a dip in the Ganges river during Shahi Snan at “Kumbh Mela”, or the Pitcher Festival, amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Haridwar, India, April 12, 2021. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)
A girl harvests wheat crop in a field on the outskirts of Faridabad on April 4, 2021. (Photo by Money Sharma/AFP Photo)
