Indian Hindu businessmen performs a ritual in the 'Chopda Pujan' (the worshipping of account books) during Diwali at Swaminarayan Temple in Ahmedabad.
An illuminated Akshardham Temple on the occasion of Diwali festival, in Gandhinagar.
A girl looks at a necklace as she shops for jewelry on Dhanteras, a day that marks the beginning of the festival of lights Diwali, in Ahmadabad.
Visitors gather around the 'Statue of Unity' rangoli at Swaminarayan Mandir, ahead of the 'Diwali' festival, in Ahmedabad.
Women make 'rangoli' out of coloured powders during a competition ahead of the festival of Diwali in Ahmedabad.
Women light earthen lamps on a rangoli, a hand decorated pattern on the floor, as part of Diwali festivities in Ahmadabad. Festival of lights Diwali will be celebrated on Nov. 7.
People throng a market on the last Sunday ahead of festival Diwali in Ahmadabad. Festival of lights Diwali will be celebrated on Nov. 7.
A view of Statue of Unity, in Kevadia colony of Narmada district.
A view of Statue of Unity during a laser show, in Kevadia colony of Narmada district.
A view of Statue of Unity during a laser show, in Kevadia colony of Narmada district. Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 182-metre statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on h...
A view of the Statue of Unity during sunset, at Kevadiya colony in Narmada district of Gujarat.
The Statue of Unity is seen at dusk at Kevadiya Colony in Narmada district of Gujarat State.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi signs the visitor's book during his visit to the museum, exhibition and viewers’ gallery, during the inauguration of ‘Statue of Unity’ to commemo...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the museum, exhibition and viewers’ gallery, during the inauguration of ‘Statue of Unity’ to commemorate the birth anniversary of Sardar V...
Artists perform during the inauguration of 'Statue of Unity' on the occasion of the 143rd birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, at Kevadiya colony of Narmada district.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays tribute to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel under his newly-inaugurated statue 'Statue of Unity', at Kevadiya colony of Narmada district.
Religion on the one side, disaster on the other: a boy’s eyes gaze sharply upward as he lies trapped under debris during the 2001 Gujarat earthquake
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the 'Statue of Unity' as Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, Gujarat Governor Om Prakash Kohli, Madhya Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, K...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the inauguration of Valley of Flowers, overlooking a 182-meters high statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, on the occasion of Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, at...
A flower shower by Air Charter on the Statue of Unity, in Kevadiya colony of Narmada district.
