As Merry Christmas arrives, Church premises wore a festive look. The Christian community belonging to both Catholic and Protestant families visited Churches where walls and buildings were light up.

“There is nothing lovelier, divine and more Christmassy than sitting in a candlelit church waiting for the whole seasonal panoply of the cathedral to swing you back into history”, said Cardinal Telesphore Toppo of the Catholic Church, Jharkhand.

Churches across Ranchi and its adjoining areas in Jharkhand were illuminated by flickering lights and echo to familiar carols have already started to reverberate inside the majestic cathedrals to usher in the yuletide.