In Photos: India This Week

Beyond the headlines and behind the scenes, The Quint brings you a snapshot of India this week.

A young boy collects water lilies from a pond, in Nadia district of West Bengal, on Wednesday, 4 September 2019.

(Photo: PTI)

Fireworks light up the sky above Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) on the occasion of the 415th installation anniversary of Sri Guru Granth Sahib, in Amritsar, on Saturday, 31 August 2019. 

A dog rides pillion on a motorcycle, in New Delhi, on Sunday, 01 September 2019. The Motor Vehicles Act, which seeks to tighten traffic regulations and impose steep penalties for violations of traffic rules, was implemented in states across the country from 1 September.

Traffic policemen stop a motorcyclist riding without helmet as the newly amended Motor Vehicles Act came into force, in New Delhi, on Sunday, 01 September 2019. 

Devotees participate in a procession on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi festival, in Jaipur, on Tuesday, 3 September 2019.

Devotees offer prayers at Latashil Ganesh temple on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, in Guwahati, on Monday, 2 September 2019.

An old man raises slogans during a demonstration to protest against the exclusion of 19 lakh people from the National Register of Citizens in Assam, in front of Assam Bhawan in Kolkata, on Monday, 2 September 2019. 

An Asiatic lioness rests in its enclosure at Delhi zoo, on Sunday, 01 September 2019. 

Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa and Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, the IAF pilot who became the face of a tense military confrontation between India and Pakistan in February, pose for a photograph after a sortie on the MiG 21 jet, at Airforce Station in Pathankot, on Monday, 2 Sept 2019.

The US-made Apache AH-64E attack helicopter being accorded water salute during its induction ceremony into the Indian Air Force, at Airforce Station in Pathankot, on Tuesday, 3 September 2019. Eight US-made Apache AH-64E attack helicopters were inducted into the IAF on Tuesday. 

Newly manufactured Maruti Suzuki cars are seen parked inside the company factory in Manesar near Gurugram, on Wednesday, 4 September 2019. Maruti Suzuki had on Wednesday announced that the company will observe 7 and 9 September as “no production days” at its Gurugram and Manesar Plants in Haryana.

Hindu devotees take a holy dip in the River Sangam (confluence of three rivers - Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati) on the occasion of ‘Hartalika Teej’ festival in Prayagraj, on 2 September  2019.

A devotee kisses a statue of Saint Mother Teresa on her 22nd death anniversary, at The Mother House Of the Missionaries Of Charity in Kolkata, on Thursday, 5 September 2019.

A supporter of Congress leader DK Shivakumar cries as he is dragged away by police personnel outside RML Hospital in New Delhi, where the leader was taken for medical tests, following his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, on Tuesday, 3 September 2019. 

Devotees offer milk to a statue of Radha-Krishna on the occasion of Radhashtami, at ISKCON Temple in Mayapur, near Kolkata, on Friday, 6 September 2019.

Security personnel stop members of Sikh community, who were staging a protest against alleged conversion of minorities in Pakistan, near Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi, on Monday, 2 September 2019. In yet another incident of conversion of girls from minority communities in Pakistan, a 19-year-old Sikh girl was allegedly abducted and converted to Islam before being married to a Muslim man in the country’s Punjab province.

College students dress in traditional clothes to celebrate Onam festival, in Kochi, Thursday, Sept 5, 2019. 

A young boy collects water lilies from a pond, in Nadia district of West Bengal, on Wednesday, 4 September 2019.