Holi 2022: Celebrations Return With Traditional Fervour After Two Years Of Muted Festivities — SEE PICS

Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh celebrates Holi festival at his residence in New Delhi, Friday, March 18, 2022. (PTI Photo/Atul Yadav)

After two years of muted festivities due to COVID-19, people came out of their homes in large numbers on Friday to celebrate Holi with traditional fervour in an environment largely free of curbs due to an ebbing third wave of the pandemic. (PTI Photo/Atul Yadav)

Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi celebrates Holi festival at his residence in New Delhi, Friday, March 18, 2022. (PTI Photo/Atul Yadav)

Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi plays dhol amid Holi celebration at his residence in New Delhi, Friday, March 18, 2022. (PTI Photo/Atul Yadav)

People have gathered in big numbers to play with colours mixed with water. They applied 'gulal' on each other's faces and later distributed sweets as cries of 'Holi hai' reverberated the streets. In this photo, students play with dry colours during Holi festival in Guwahati. (PTI Photo)

Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guard of Bangladesh play with dry colours during Holi festival, on the outskirts of Agartala, Friday, March 18, 2022. (PTI Photo)

West Bengal celebrated 'Dol Jatra' with great fervour leaving behind the aloofness caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Students smear dry colours on each other to celebrate Dol Yatra Utsav in Kolkata. (PTI Photo)

Revellers in groups were seen singing as well as dancing to the tune of famous Bollywood song 'Rang Barse' and throwing colours at each other to celebrate the festival that marks the triumph of good over evil. In this photo, people play with dry colours during Holi festival in Mumbai, Friday, March 18, 2022. (PTI Photo/Shashank Parade)

For the last two years, coronavirus had played spoilsport on Holi and forced citizens to remain indoors to check the spread of the infection. In this photo, people play with dry colours and smoke bombs during Holi festival, in Jammu, Friday, March 18, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan with his wife Sadhana Singh and supporters celebrate Holi festival, at their residence in Bhopal, Friday, March 18, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Students perform as they celebrate Basant Utsav festival in Kolkata, Friday, March 18, 2022. (PTI Photo/Swapan Mahapatra)

Holika Dahan is a ritual performed on the eve of Holi. In this photo, devotees take part in the same at Ranchhod Nagar, in Rajkot, Thursday, March 17, 2022. (PTI Photo)