Preparations are on at the Shree Jagannath Temple in Puri, Odisha, ahead of the annual Rathyatra. Photo: Biswaranjan Rout

Security personnel are deployed at the ghats ahead of the Ganga Dussehra, in Varanasi. Photo: PTI

Rains lash Panathura island in Thiruvananthapuram. The South West Monsoon sets in on Monday. Photo: S Gopakumar

Amid scorching heat, passengers board trains at the New Delhi railway station. Photo: Kamal Narang

Summer fruit litchi being sold in Mumbai. Photo: Paul Noronha