In pictures: India welcomes New Year 2023 with pomp and show
New Delhi, January 1: With dazzling fireworks and electrifying music, cities across India welcomed 2023 with great pomp and show.
From Delhi to Mumbai and Chennai to Calcutta, the mood was on a merry-go-round on December 31. In Delhi, people gathered in large numbers at India Gate to celebrate the New Year. Special parties were organized in pubs and clubs in different parts of the national capital.
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The excitement was on the rocks in Mumbai, the 'city of dreams', where people rocked out to a rousing musical extravaganza in the pubs. A huge crowd gathered at Marine Drive in Mumbai to celebrate the New Year.
Goa has turned into a utopia of merriment with beaches dazzled with colorful lights. DJ parties were held in hotels and resorts. Almost all major casinos, restaurants and bars held musical programs and other special events to celebrate the New Year.
Kochi welcomed the New Year with the Cochin Mega Carnival at Fort Kochi.
People celebrated the arrival of the new year with dazzling lights, music and dance in Uttarakhand's Mussoorie. Similarly, a huge crowd turned up at Mall Road in Himachal Pradesh's Manali to welcome the New Year.
In Odisha's Puri, renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created an 8 feet tall and 15 feet long sand sculpture of Lord Jagannath at Puri Beach to welcome the New Year. Pattnaik created the deities of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra and Goddess Subhadra using 10 tons of sand. He decorated the statue with flowers and wrote the message "Jai Jagannath".
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- ANI
