3,996 register from India to attend St. Anthony’s festival in Katchatheevu

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The St. Anthony’s Church festival successful Katchatheevu, attended by radical from some India and Sri Lanka, volition beryllium held implicit 2 days connected February 27 and February 28. A full of 3,996 radical from India person registered to enactment successful the festival.

It is simply a contented for fishermen to connection prayers earlier heading to sea, seeking extortion from earthy disasters, storms, and perils astatine sea, arsenic good arsenic for a bountiful catch. In 1913, fishermen established the St. Anthony’s Church successful a tiny thatched hut connected Katchatheevu for their worship, said sources.

Published - February 24, 2026 08:02 p.m. IST

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