At Bonalu folk festival, Hindus offer prayers to Goddess Kali

Bonalu is a month long Hindu folk festival of the Telangana region dedicated to Kali, the Hindu goddess of destruction. (Photo: AP)

Hindu devotees participate in a procession during the celebration of Bonalu festival in Hyderabad, Sunday, July 16, 2017.(Photo: AP)

A man dressed as Pothuraju, a mythical character, performs rituals during Bonalu festival in Hyderabad, Sunday, July 16, 2017. (Photo: AP)

An Indian man dances at the Golconda Fort during the Bonalu festival in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, June 25, 2017. (Photo: AP)

An Indian balances a decorated pot filled with cooked rice as an offering for goddess Kali, at the Golconda Fort during the Bonalu festival in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, June 25, 2017. (Photo: AP)

People dressed as Pothuraju, a mythical character, performs rituals during Bonalu festival at the Golconda fort during the Bonalu festival in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, June 25, 2017. (Photo: AP)

A man performs rituals during Bonalu festival at the Golconda fort during the Bonalu festival in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, June 25, 2017.(Photo: AP)

A police man helps a woman to carry a Bonam plant ahead of the Bonalu festival procession in old city of Hyderabad on Sunday.(Photo: AP)