In Pics: India This Week

A priest is seen in the foreground as the BJP party symbol and election slogan illuminates Dashashwamedh Ghat on the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election rally, in Varanasi.

(Photo: PTI/Manvender Vashist)

Beyond the headlines and behind the scenes, The Quint brings you a snapshot of India this week, from 20 to 26 April 2019.

A child touches an elephant during Suwori Tribal festival in Boko, west of Guwahati.

Kashmiri Shiite Muslim girls offer prayers at the candlelit graves of their relatives during Shab-e-Barat, on the outskirts of Srinagar.

Indian election officials with polling materials walk to board a country boat to reach a polling center in a remote river island in the River Brahmaputra in Kamrup district.

Indian fisherfolk line up to leave for India after being released at Lahore railway station in Pakistan.

Swaminarayan members after casting their votes at a polling station, during the third phase of Lok Sabha elections 2019, in Ahmedabad.

Purnima Hembram of India competes during the Javelin Throw for Heptathlon at the Asian Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar.

An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard by a paddy field outside a polling station during the third phase of India’s general elections, at Verinag, south of Srinagar.

A priest is seen in the foreground as the BJP party symbol and election slogan illuminates Dashashwamedh Ghat on the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election rally, in Varanasi.

An elderly woman waits to cast her vote during the third phase of general election in Guwahati.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets the crowd as he stands in front of a statue of freedom fighter Madan Mohan Malviya at Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi.