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A pandemic Christmas: Masked up devotees attend mass, follow social distancing norms

Express News Service
A family in Thiruvananthapuram engaged in giving finishing touches to the crib on the eve of Christmas. (Photo | Vincent Pulickal, EPS)
A family in Thiruvananthapuram engaged in giving finishing touches to the crib on the eve of Christmas. (Photo | Vincent Pulickal, EPS)
Bharatinagar Residents Forum in Cox Town in Bengaluru celebrated Christmas with visually challenged children and children from orphanage. (Photo | Shriram B N, EPS)
Christmas prayer at St. Patrick's church in St. Thomas mount, Chennai. (Photo | Ashwin Prasath, EPS)
Due to the pandemic scare the attendance was very low at St. Mary's Basilica in Bengaluru. (Photo | Vinod Kumar T, EPS)
People attend christmas prayer at Sacred Heart Shrine, Egmore, in Chennai. (Photo | R Satish babu, EPS)
Girls admire a decked up Christmas tree at the St. Joseph’s Cathedral during the midnight Mass in Hyderabad. (Photo | S Senbagapandiyan, EPS)
Archbishop of Verapoly Joseph Kalathiparambil brings the statuette of Baby Jesus on a white linen cloth during the Christmas mass at St Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic Metropolitan Cathedral, Ernakulam. (Photo | A Sanesh, EPS)
The devotees were allowed to remove their mask only when consuming the communion on Friday in Bengaluru. (Photo | Meghana Sastry, EPS)
CSI Immanuel church in Coimbatore seen lit up with colourful lights. (Photo | A Raja Chidambaram, EPS)
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