THE FIRST "JAGARANA PADA YATHRA" OF THIS YEAR TO PALAYUR

JAGARANA PADA YATHRA- NIGHT PILGRIMAGE TO PALAYUR AS A REMOTE PREPARATION FOR THE 13th GREAT PALAYUR PILGRIMAGE ON 21-03-2010, INAUGURATED YESTERDAY, THE FIRST FRIDAY OF THE LENT BY HIS GRACE MAR ANDREWS THAZHATH BY HANDING OVER THE PAPAL FLAG TO MSGR. RAPHAEL THATTIL. PILGRIMAGE STARTS EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT, 9.30 PM FROM BASILICA TO PALAYUR. YESTERDAY THERE WERE AROUND 200 PILGRIMS INCLDUING 16 PRIESTS AND 2 BISHOPS. IT REACHED PALAYUR BY 4.00 AM. THE RECTOR RECEIVED THE PILGRIMS AND THERE WAS MASS AT 4.45 AM FOR THE PILGRIMS.