Archbishop Felix Toppo, Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas and Congress leader Bandhu Tirkey feed rickshaw pullers at Loyola Ground in Ranchi on Friday.
Picture by Manob ChowdharyChristmas celebrations in Jharkhand started as soon as the clock struck midnight, with priests offering prayers and devotees gathering at churches across the state.
On Friday morning, Archbishop Felix Toppo, Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas and Congress leader Bandhu Tirkey provided food and blankets to over a thousand rickshaw pullers to celebrate the festival in Ranchi.
In Dhanbad’s St.Anthony’s Church, prayers were carried out in the usual way, as devotees gathered to take blessings.
Nuns provide blankets to a rickshaw puller on the occasion of Christmas Loyola Ground in Ranchi on Friday.
Picture by Manob ChowdharyAmid a sea of rickshaws, a puller has his lunch at the Loyola Ground, provided by church authorities in Ranchi, on Friday.
Picture by Manob ChowdharyRickshaw pullers make beelines to collect their food and blankets at the Loyola Ground in Ranchi, on Friday.
Picture by Manob ChowdharyAn old man waits on his rickshaw on the Loyola Ground, where thousands were provided with food and blankets on Friday by church authorities.
Picture by Manob ChowdharyFr.Gyan Prakash Topno kisses baby Jesus as part of a Christmas ritual at St. Anthony’s Church in Dhanbad on Friday.
Picture by Gautam DeyDevotees pray at the St. Anthony's Church in Dhanbad during Christmas, on Friday.
Picture by Gautam DeyFr. Prakash Topno serves Holy Communion to a devotee during Christmas rituals, at St. Anthony's Church on Friday, in Dhanbad.
Picture by Gautam DeyChildren offer prayers to baby Jesus during the morning mass at St. Anthony's Church in Dhanbad on Friday.
Picture by Gautam DeyMan dressed up as Santa Claus distributes chocolates among children and shakes hand with them at St. Anthony’s Church in Dhanbad, on Friday.
Picture by Gautam DeyThe holy shed of Jesus, portraying a picture of the birth of the Lord, at St. Anthony’s Church in Dhanbad, on Friday.
Picture by Gautam Dey