Christmas celebrated in Puducherry with gaiety and religious fervour

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

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

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.