Yuletide spirit sweeps Karimnagar
The Hindu
The celebrations began with midnight masses followed by carols and exchange of gifts in all churches in Karimnagar and elsewhere in the district.
Religious fervour and merriment marked Christmas celebrations across the erstwhile composite Karimnagar district on Sunday with devout offering special prayers in churches.
The celebrations began with midnight masses followed by carols and exchange of gifts in all churches in Karimnagar and elsewhere in the district.
BC Welfare and Civil Supplies Minister G. Kamalakar took part in Christmas celebrations at CSI Wesley church in Karimnagar. Later, he inaugurated the “Blessing Gospel Ministries church” at the bypass road in the town.
Karimnagar Mayor Y. Sunil Rao was also present. Meanwhile, the devout participated in Christmas celebrations in large numbers at various churches across the old undivided Warangal, Adilabad and Khammam.
The Opposition Congress demanded that the government open the Gandhi Vatika Museum, depicting Mahatma Gandhi’s legacy and freedom struggle, built at a cost of ₹85 crore in Jaipur’s Central Park last year, during the Congress-led regime in Rajasthan. The museum has not been opened to the public, reportedly because of the administration’s engagements with the State Assembly and Lok Sabha elections.
Almaya Munnettam (Lay People to the Fore), group in the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese of the Syro-Malabar Church opposed to the synod-recommended Mass, rejected a circular issued by Major Archbishop Raphael Thattil and apostolic administrator Bosco Puthur on June 9 to implement the unified Mass in the archdiocese from July 3.