Mangalore : Health and Welfare Minister of Karnataka U T Khader inaugurated the celebrations relating to the ensuing Christa Jayanthi Kalasangama 2013 (birth of Christ) at Valencia church in City on Sunday Dec 1.
Fr Bonaventure Nazareth, Parish priest of Valencia church presided over the occasion.
Minister Khader said that Christ represented human love and religious fervour to gather. Christ sacrificed his life for the welfare of all Jews of his time and the humanity at large. We remember him for the moral values that Christ taught during his 3 years of ministration to the people of Jerusalem, Nazareth and Bethlehem, besides the whole world.
KACES secretary Dr Hani Cabral welcomed the guests and gathering.
The competitions in Kannada and stage performances gathered huge participants and crowd.