Our Lady of Snows annual festival begins
The Hindu
Devotees not permitted for event
The 11-day-long annual festival of Our Lady of Snows, which usually draws a few lakh devotees from various parts of the country, began with flag-hoisting on Monday, but without the participation of devotees due to COVID-19 lockdown norms for the second consecutive year. As the pandemic-induced lockdown is in force this year also, it was announced by the Roman Catholic Bishop of Thoothukudi Most Rev. Fr. Stephen Antony that the annual festival would be celebrated without the participation of devotees.
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