On the occasion of Christmas Day, churches in the national capital are all decorated and lit up as people gather to offer prayers on the special occasion.
As the holiday season has knocked on the doorsteps of people, devotees thronged to the Mahakaleshwar temple in Madhya Pradesh's Ujjain to offer prayers to Lord Mahakaleshwar, a form of Shiva.
People across the country celebrated Christmas eve with mass mid-night prayers taking place in different states. The churches were lit up and people even burst firecrackers in Madhya Pradesh to celebrate the winter festival.
As the country celebrates the winter festival of Christmas, people in Shimla felt disappointed as the midnight prayers were cancelled following the bad health of the father of the church.
The annual celebration of Christmas Eve is held on December 24 commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ who was born on December 25 observed as Christmas Day.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary in Jammu and Kashmir and party in-charge of Ladakh, Tarun Chugh expressed condolences on the demise of former senior Jammu and Kashmir Police officer Mohd Shafi, who was shot dead by terrorists while offering prayers at a mosque in Bara
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha expressed condolences on the demise of former senior Jammu and Kashmir Police officer Mohd Shafi, who was shot dead by terrorists while offering prayers at a mosque in Baramulla on Sunday saying that "cowards responsible for this barbaric
The last rites of former senior Jammu and Kashmir Police officer Mohd Shafi, who was shot dead by terrorists while offering prayers at a mosque on Sunday, were performed in Baramulla on Sunday.
Amid rising cases of Corona in the country, a special prayer was offered to Lord Jesus in the Catholic Church on Dewas Road, Ujjain to save people from the new variant.
In a blistering attack on neighbouring Pakistan after a former senior Jammu and Kashmir Police officer, Mohd. Shafi, was shot dead by terrorists while calling Muslims to the morning prayer (Aazan) at a mosque in Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, defence expert Lt Gen (retd.) Sanjay