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A wave of devotees around 10 lakh thronged to participate in St.Mary's nativity festival in India

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Location : Velankanni, Nagapattinam district of Tamilnadu State in India.

A wave of devotees thronged Velankanni to participate in the annual, 10-day long festival of St Mary’s Nativity, which began with flag hoisting on 30 th August .

After a gap of two years, the festival is being conducted in the presence of several devotees. The festival ends on September 8. Owing to the pandemic outbreak, the festival was streamed online for the past two years.

This year, however, the devotees finally had the chance to visit Velankanni again and take part in the events.

Earlier, the adminstration had said that they were expecting the footfall of around 10 lakh devotees.

But numbers may increase says the local people.

Several pilgrims set out on foot from Chennai and across Tamil Nadu for the festival.

People from the neighbouring States of India arrived in Velankanni.

Masses have been planned in churches many Indian languages like Tamil, Malayalam, Konkani and Hindi and also in English.

Large gatherings were spotted across Velankanni, including the the premises of the Shrine Basilica of Our Lady Of Good Health, at the beaches, commercial streets and roads.

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