In pictures: South Indian heat wave

1 of 7 A Hindu priest performs rain prayers near Hyderabad as more than 900 people are believed to have died in the heatwave

2 of 7 About 100,000 Muslims also held special prayers for rain in the drought affected region

3 of 7 A man with sun stroke is helped by his mother in a hospital in Bhongir

4 of 7 But as hospital facilities are stretched, a man lies unattended at the government hospital in Ramanapet

5 of 7 Some people manage to cool off in the 400-year-old Hussainsagar Lake in Hyderabad

6 of 7 Eleven-month-old Sabina, a sufferer of the heat wave, is given water by her father in Warangal

7 of 7 A Muslim man is driven to tears as he joins in special prayers for an end to the crippling heat