Jaipur, March 4 -- The Holi celebrations amid ceremonial Chung dance accompanied by drumbeats and traditional tambourine and folk songs created a joyous ambience at the CM Residence here on Wednesday.

Celebrating the Festival of Colours, Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma mingled with revellers as those present smeared each other with gulal, amidst showering of sainted petals as greetings were exchanged in an overwhelming environment of mirth and gay abandon.

Sharm had organised the Holi Mahotsav, welcoming people from all walks of life from across Rajasthan.

Deputy Chief Ministers Diya Kumari and Dr Prem Chand Bairwa, many members of the Council of Ministers, senior bureaucrats, and people from all walks of life were there among the revel...