Christmas was celebrated with pomp and gaiety accompanied by religious fervor across the state as thousands thronged churches for special prayers.
Churches were decorated with lights, candles, Christmas trees and bells while people from all walks life attended the midnight mass by singing carols and prayers at churches across the state.
People from the Christian community mingled at all churches and sang carols, hymns and exchanged gifts on the occasion. At Mariyamnagar, the first Christians settlement in once kingly state Tripura, the mass prayed to the Lord with the theme ‘Jesus Christ savior of the world’, and for bringing down in the suffering of people and change in the depths of hearts of people the cause of all evil and bring peace.
Hundreds heard the priest speak inside the cathedral despite the night very foggy and people including a good number of youths turned out for the day.
The area was echoing with the carol sang in the church right from the evening praising the Lord and people celebrated the day. Many away from their house also participated in the celebration.
However, along with the Christians hundreds of people from other religion also celebrated the festival with full devotion and decorated their houses with lights and stars for the day.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Biplab Deb conveyed his warm greetings on the occassion of Christmas. “Merry Christmas! May this festival further strengthen the bonds of amity, peace and harmony in our society. May Jesus Christ bless us all for happiness and prosperity”, he tweeted.
On the other hand, Agartalites woke up to another foggy morning with the capital recording minimum temperature at 14.2 degree Celsius today, according to India Meteorological Department.
However, the maximum temperature was recorded at 22.4 degree Celsius. The weather department in its bulletin said cold wave conditions would prevail at isolated places over Tripura.
The MeT office has also forecast foggy morning for tomorrow. The humidity oscillated between 89 per cent and 92 per cent. The maximum and minimum temperatures on Thursday are likely to be 25 degrees and 14 degrees Celsius.
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