Ahmedabad, India
Traders perform rituals during Chopda Pujan, a mass prayer ceremony dedicated to the worship of account books, for Diwali at the Swaminarayan Gurukul. On this day ledgers and new account books are opened by the mercantile community after a special prayer and worship before the idols of Lord Ganesha and the Hindu goddess of wealth, Lakshmi, to earn their blessings
Photograph: Ajit Solanki/AP