2014-02-02 Photo gallery

New Zealand XI’s Robbie O’Donnell, right, plays and misses in front of India’s wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha on the first day of a pre test warm up cricket match at Cobham Oval in Whangarei, New Zealand, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014.AP photo

India’s Ravi Ashwin, right, successfully appeals an lbw decision to dismiss New Zealand XI’s George Walker for 33 on the first day of a pre test warm up cricket match at Cobham Oval in Whangarei, New Zealand, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014.AP photo

People enjoy watching car race 'Well of Death' during Magh Mela festival in Allahabad on Saturday. PTI Photo

Mumbai's first Monorail after its inauguration from Vadala to Chembur, in Mumbai on Saturday. PTI Photo

An Indian laborer inspects silk threads before weaving Banarasi saris, traditionally worn in the city of Varanasi, at a handloom factory in Kotwa village, in Varanasi, India, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014. The workers earn Indian Rupees 1800 (US$ 29) for we...

Ahmedabad: Participants during Sabarmati cyclothon 2014 organized in Ahmedabad on Sunday. PTI Photo

Dehradun: State Congress President, Yashpal Arya welcome new Uttarakhand Chief Minister, Harish Rawat at congress bhavan in Dehradun, on Sunday. PTI Photo

Mumbai: People enjoying the first ride of Monorail in Mumbai on Sunday. PTI Photo by Shashank Parade

Bodhgaya: A Buddhist devotee lighting lamps on the occasion of 7th Anniversary of Jayashree Mahabodhi Temple (Srilankan temple) at Bodhgaya on Saturday. PTI Photo

Allahabad: A sadhu after taking holy dip at Sangam during Magh mela festival in Allahabad on Sunday. PTI photo

Bodhgaya: World heritage site Mahabodhi temple at bodhgaya illuminated with lights on the occassion of 25th Negima puja, in Bodhgaya on Sunday. PTI Photo

Kochi: Badminton player PV Sindhu with Tarun, Prajakta Sawant, Mudra, K.Sreekanth, Arun Vishnu, Abhimanyu Singh at the launch of new Li-Ning shuttlecock at Kochi on Sunday. PTI Photo

Competitors take part in a traditional boat race in the River Brahmaputra in Gauhati, India, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2014. The 2,906 kilometer (1800 mile) long Brahmaputra is one of Asia's largest rivers which passes through China's Tibet region, India and...

Mumbai: People enjoying first ride of Monorail in Mumbai on Sunday. PTI Photo by Shashank Parade

A woman adjusts a piece of cloth on her head along a roadside on a cold winter morning on the outskirts of New Delhi February 2, 2014. REUTERS

A general view of a giant tent city built for pilgrims attending the Magh Mela, a month-long Hindu festival, in the northern Indian city of Allahabad February 2, 2014. The festival is an annual religious event held during the Hindu month of Magh, ...

Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, addresses a gathering with the theme 'A Human Approach to Peace and the Individual' at a stadium in the northeastern Indian city of Guwahati February 2, 2014. REUTERS

A supporter of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) waves the party's flag during a rally being addressed by Gujarat's Chief Minister and Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial candidate for BJP, ahead of the 2014 g...

People perform rituals by the banks of the River Ganges in Varanasi, India, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2014. Varanasi is among the world's oldest cities, and millions of Hindu pilgrims gather annually here for ritual bathing and prayers in the River which is co...