On Sunday, the Holy Cross Church in Kurla celebrated its 439th year. The feast saw participation of 5000 people, and the celebrations were being held the way they were when Kurla was still a village, and the locals were engaged in farming. The feast also saw the mass conducted in East Indian dialect. Feast covered four villages of Kurla, where in olden days people moved around in Reklas - horse carriages sporting traditional dresses. For the last six years, the parishioners have been celebrating the feast in a traditional way, bringing back fond memories of simpler times.

Source: dna May 06, 2019 01:07 UTC