In pictures: Low key New Year celebrations in India

Tourists enjoy New Year’s eve with the backdrop of snow covered mountains at Kongdoori tourist resort on December 31, 2020 in Gulmarg 60 km (37 miles) North of Srinagar, on December 31, 2020. (Source: The Hindu)

Tourists enjoy New Year’s eve with the backdrop of snow covered mountains at Kongdoori tourist resort on December 31, 2020 in Gulmarg 60 km (37 miles) North of Srinagar, on December 31, 2020. (Source: The Hindu)

People welcoming the New Year at the Beach Road at the stroke of midnight, in Visakhapatnam on January 01, 2020. (Source: The Hindu)

Devotees throng Kapaleeshwarar temple at Mylapore, Chennai on New Year on Friday. (Source: The Hindu)

People enjoy the fireworks display at the iconic Gateway of India to mark the arrival of New Year on January 01, 2020. (Source: The Hindu)

Large number of tourists arrived at the boat house in Udhagamandalam on Friday. (Source: The Hindu)

Sri Manjunatha temple in Dharmasthala being decorated with flowers as part of New year celebration on December 31, 2020. (Source: The Hindu)

Tourists have started trickling to the Promenade Beach in Puducherry, a popular hangout on New Year’s eve on Thursday. (Source: The Hindu)

Indian Airforce Contingent rehearsing for Republic Day on a fog engulfed Rajpath. The city witnessed dense fog with hazardous air quality on the New Year in New Delhi on Friday. (Source: The Hindu)

Police guarding Brigade Road and MG road junction after section 144 was imposed to avoid New Year celebrations in Bengaluru on December 31, 2020. (Source: The Hindu)

Revellers at Connaught Place on New Year’s eve, as very few people were seen celebrating, in New Delhi on Thursday. (Source: The Hindu)

Midnight prayers at Holy Rosary Church in Ramanathapuram on the occasion of New Year. (Source: The Hindu)