People gathered at the marine drive on the eve of new year in Mumbai on Saturday. PTI Photo
Illuminated Amba Vilasa Palace on the occasion of new year celebration, at Mysuru on Saturday December. DH Photo.
Fireworks explode above Singapore's financial district at the stroke of midnight to mark the New Year's celebrations on Sunday. AP/ PTI Photo.
Large number of Bengalorians celebrate with chears and shout to welcome new year at Brigade Road in Bengaluru on Saturday night. DH Photo.
People celebrating and welcoming New Year at Brigade Road in Bengaluru on Saturday. DH Photo.
Foreigners are celebrating new year at Brigade road in Bengaluru on Saturday. DH Photo.
Sand artist Manas Kumar Sahoo creates a sand sculpture on the eve of New year 2017 on the sea beach at Puri on Saturday. PTI Photo
People hang huge kite on the eve of New Year at a Kite market in Ahmedabad on Saturday. PTI Photo
Boatsman decorates his boat with colorful balloons to attract people for boat ride on the eve of New Year, in Kolkata on Saturday. PTI Photo
A crow and a myna in New Delhi on Sunday. PTI Photo
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouan along with family paying obeisance at Saibaba temple in Shirdi on Sunday. PTI Photo
The Maharana Pratap Smarak is silhouetted against the first rising sun of Year 2017 in Ajmer on Sunday. PTI Photo
Christians release balloons to celebrate the first day of the New Year at a Methodist Church in Ahmedabad on Sunday. PTI Photo
New born babies inside a maternity ward of a government hospital on the New Year day in Agartala on Sunday. PTI Photo
A security person guards as people visiting the Raisina Hill on the first day of New Year 2017 in New Delhi on Sunday. PTI Photo
Students making a human chain that reads '2017' to welcome the New Year 2017 in Jodhpur on Saturday. PTI Photo
Woman artist Anita Mishra displays her vegetable artwork that reads '2017' on New Year 2017, in Mirzapur on Sunday. PTI Photo
(Published 31 December 2016, 18:30 IST)