Daijiworld Media Network- Bangalore (RX)
Bangalore, Jan 15: The annual feast of Infant Jesus shrine of Viveknagar was celebrated exuberantly at its shrine premises, here on Friday, January 14.
Thousands of people from different parts of the state and even from outside the state took part in the annual celebration. Being the 40th year since the shrine started, it was celebrated with extra fever and enthusiasm.
People come to pay a visit to the shrine irrespective of religion. Speaking on the occasion the Archbishop Fr Bernard Moras highlighted the process of a catechetics which take place from womb to tomb, birth to death. They enrich the whole church, he added.
Governor HR Bhardwaj said Christian missionaries have done a lot for the country especially in the field of education. Jesus Christ came to the world for a purpose and he fulfilled the purpose by giving his life, he added.
Later the governor started the decorated car which carried the statue of Infant Jesus in a procession. Thousands of people thronged to the place. Governor Dr Hans Raj Bharadwaj, Archbishop of Bangalore Fr Bernard Moras, special guest commissioner of police Shankar Bidari and local MLAs Harris, Derek and Ramalinga reddy, among others were present.