In Pics: India This Week

Artists paint a mural of late Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor ahead of his birthday, at Bandra in Mumbai

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From Shia Muslims celebrating Muharram to India mourning the demise of former president Pranab Mukherjee, here’s a glimpse of all that happened in India this week.

Devotees offer aarti to an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu deity Ganesha before its immersion in the Arabian Sea on the last day of the Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in Mumbai.

Students leave an examination centre after appearing for the JEE 2020 entrance papers, amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, in Gurugram.

Indian national flag flies at half-mast at Vidhan Bhawan as part of seven day state mourning on demise of former president Pranab Mukherjee, in Lucknow.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders and workers stage a protest against the alleged involvement of Punjab Minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot in the multi-crore post-matriculate scholarship scam, in Amritsar.

Visitors walk inside the premises of Jama Masjid during Muharram, in old Delhi. In the wake of coronavirus pandemic, mass processions have been cancelled as devotees observed a subdued Muharram and mostly remained indoors.

Army convoy moves on Srinagar- Ladakh highway at Gagangir, in Ganderbal district of Central Kashmir.

Shia Muslims take part in a procession during Muharram, at Charminar in Hyderabad, on 30 August 2020.

A devotee carries an idol of Lord Ganesh for immersion in the Devi Kund Sagar, during the Ganesh Chaturthi celebrations, at Bikaner.

Artists paint a mural of late Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor ahead of his birthday, at Bandra in Mumbai.

A villager rows a boat in a flooded area following overflowing of Bhargabi river, in Puri district.