Come September and for eight days beginning on this Sunday after the Feast of Nativity of the Virgin Mary, thousands of devotees of Mount Mary make a beeline to the shrine atop the mount at Bandra to pay homage to Mother Mary for all the favours
In spite of heavy morning rains when the devotees of Mother Mary were proceeding to the church to attend the solemn Feast Mass, their spirit never dampened nor the resolve of the children with their flowers who thronged to the church. As the
The birth of a child is always a moment of joy. When child is born whether it is in the mansions of the rich or in the hovels of the poor there is always laughter and song, celebration and festivity. And so we approach the feast of Our Lady’s birth with same mood of joy and cheer, celebrating and
All students deserve to have good teachers, ideally the very best of teachers. However, that is not yet practical, hence we manage with what we have, hoping for the day when our ideals and aspirations can become a reality. Who is a good teacher? Briefly, he/she has the
Having covered three of the four destinations-Yamunotri, Gangotri and Kedarnath, in the course of our Char Dham tour, we started towards the last one-Badrinath early in the morning of July 10, 2011. After travelling for a while, we halted at a place known as Ukhimath. During the
The students of the educational institutions of Shirva Parish including those of Don Bosco English Medium High School, priests from the parish and neighbouring parishes, Salesian priests, parishioners of Shirva and other..Video]
In Kunjarugiri Shri Durgadevi Temple, which is more than 100 feet above the sea level, the grand festivities with special fair will be celebrated on every Sona Shukrara (Friday) of the Simha (Leo) month. From hundreds
After visiting Gangotri, we were on the road towards our third destination-Kedarnath. As we had started our journey from Gangotri at around 4 pm, by the time we reached
As every year, this year also the Titular Feast of St. Lawrence (Tharikechem Festh) was celebrated with great fervour and devotion by the parishioners of Moodubelle on
Coconut trees are essential to the traditional lifestyle and livelihood of the people of Udupi and South Kenara districts of coastal Karnataka. As we travel along the coast, by road, train or air, we can see
Following the visit to our first destination, Yamunotri in the course of the Char Dham pilgrimage cum tour, we proceeded from Rana Chatti towards the next destination, Gangotri in the afternoon of the second day of our tour. As Sachhu, our driver suspected that one of the tyres of the Tata Sumo might have been punctured, got it rectified at the nearest facility which took nearly forty-five minutes.
Hospet, this once green town in Bellary District in the heart of southern India has recently turned the color of rust. “It’s everywhere,” P.N. Sreepad, warns a guest upon checking in his
According to a report published recently in one of the reputed national news papers, divorce cases have increased to a whopping 86 percent within the last ten years in the megacity of Mumbai. This indeed an alarming
After spending the evening at the bank of the holy River Ganges and witnessing the ‘aarati’ and observing various rituals and ablutions at the ‘ghats’ we returned to the hotel. We had
After a long and exciting train journey through 19019 Deharadun Express, the group of seven of us reached Haridwar railway station at around 3.30 pm. Just then it started raining and we spent around half an hour on the
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