Mumbai wore a festive look on Sunday as residents celebrated Diwali, with homes, streets, temples and commercial establishments across the city illuminated with colourful decorative lights, traditional diyas and lanterns. Pics/Satej Shinde, Atul Kamble and Ashish Raje

Ahead of the feast of the Nativity of Our Lady, popularly called the birthday of Mother Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, on September, many churches across Mumbai and India observed nine days of prayer in preparation. Here are some glimpses from the church in Irla, which is among the most popular churches dedicated to her in the city