People sing as they participate in the Ananda Shobhajatra procession to celebrate the first day of the Bangla New Year in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Hindu devotees carry a basket with idols of deities of Ganesha, the elephant-headed god, and goddess of wealth Lakshmi to perform rituals on the occasion of Bengali New Year's day in which traders in West Bengal open their new account books for the year after offering prayers to Hindu deities Kali, Lakshmi and Ganesha to bring them prosperity, in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
A Hindu priest marks a trader's account book with holy symbols on the occasion of Bengali New Year's day in which traders in West Bengal open their new account books for the year after offering prayers to Hindu deities Kali, Lakshmi and Ganesha to bring them prosperity, in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Hindu devotees stand in queue to offer prayers at Kalighat Kali Temple, seen at back, on the occasion of Bengali New Year's day in which traders in West Bengal open their new account books for the year after offering prayers to Hindu deities Kali, Lakshmi and Ganesha to bring them prosperity, in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Hindu devotees walk past shops through an alley beside old temples on the occasion of Bengali New Year's day in which traders in West Bengal open their new account books for the year after offering prayers to Hindu deities Kali, Lakshmi and Ganesha to bring them prosperity, in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
People sing as they participate in the Ananda Shobhajatra procession to celebrate the first day of the Bangla New Year in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Hindu devotees carry a basket with idols of deities of Ganesha, the elephant-headed god, and goddess of wealth Lakshmi to perform rituals on the occasion of Bengali New Year's day in which traders in West Bengal open their new account books for the year after offering prayers to Hindu deities Kali, Lakshmi and Ganesha to bring them prosperity, in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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A Hindu priest marks a trader's account book with holy symbols on the occasion of Bengali New Year's day in which traders in West Bengal open their new account books for the year after offering prayers to Hindu deities Kali, Lakshmi and Ganesha to bring them prosperity, in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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Hindu devotees stand in queue to offer prayers at Kalighat Kali Temple, seen at back, on the occasion of Bengali New Year's day in which traders in West Bengal open their new account books for the year after offering prayers to Hindu deities Kali, Lakshmi and Ganesha to bring them prosperity, in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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Hindu devotees walk past shops through an alley beside old temples on the occasion of Bengali New Year's day in which traders in West Bengal open their new account books for the year after offering prayers to Hindu deities Kali, Lakshmi and Ganesha to bring them prosperity, in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
