Velankanni car festival draws a huge crowd
08/09/2019 , Staff Reporter, Velankanni
A sea of devotees gathered to witness the grand car procession, an important event of the annual festival at Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Health in , on Saturday.
A row of seven illuminated cars, five shouldered by women while two, including the largest one - of Our Lady of Health, clad in a silk sari -were shouldered by men while devotees tried to get their best view of the procession, all while chanting ‘Mariye Vazhga.’
Bishop of Kottar Most Rev Nazarene Soosai presided over a concelebrated Holy mass earlier in the evening.
The procession started from the entrance of the main shrine around 8 p.m. and ended around 9 p.m. when the procession returned to the basilica, where the benediction was conducted.
Rev. Fr. P. Yagappa Rajarethinam, Procurator; Rev. Fr. S.A. Susaimanickam, Parish Priest and Vice-Rector; Very Rev. Fr. A.M.A. Prabakar; and other priests of the diocese participated in the event.
08/09/2019 , Staff Reporter, Velankanni
A sea of devotees gathered to witness the grand car procession, an important event of the annual festival at Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Health in , on Saturday.
A row of seven illuminated cars, five shouldered by women while two, including the largest one - of Our Lady of Health, clad in a silk sari -were shouldered by men while devotees tried to get their best view of the procession, all while chanting ‘Mariye Vazhga.’
Bishop of Kottar Most Rev Nazarene Soosai presided over a concelebrated Holy mass earlier in the evening.
The procession started from the entrance of the main shrine around 8 p.m. and ended around 9 p.m. when the procession returned to the basilica, where the benediction was conducted.
Rev. Fr. P. Yagappa Rajarethinam, Procurator; Rev. Fr. S.A. Susaimanickam, Parish Priest and Vice-Rector; Very Rev. Fr. A.M.A. Prabakar; and other priests of the diocese participated in the event.
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