Midnight mass under way at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Puducherry on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: KUMAR SS

Christmas celebrated in Puducherry with gaiety and religious fervour

by · The Hindu

Christmas was celebrated with gaiety and religious fervour in Puducherry on Wednesday. Churches belonging to various congregations were decked up from Tuesday evening. Special services were held across the region on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

The Apostolic Administrator of Archdiocese Puducherry-Cuddaore, Francis Kalist, led the midnight mass at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral on Mission Street on Tuesday.

Hundreds of Christians thronged the midnight mass held at Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Our Lady of Assumption Church in Nellithope and Our Lady of Lourdes in Villianur.

Priests in Eglise de Notre Dame des Anges on Dumas Street offered Christmas mass in Tamil, French and English.

Former Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy attended the midnight mass at Immaculate Conception Cathedral.

Published - December 25, 2024 06:45 pm IST