Joy And Cheer Across India As People Enthusiastically Celebrate Christmas

On Christmas eve, Thiruvananthapuram sees beautifully lit up streets.

A baby kisses a statue of Baby Jesus as he celebrates Christmas at Sacred Heart Cathedral Church in New Delhi. (PTI)

Sand artist Manas Sahoo creates a sand sculpture celebrating Christmas at a beach in Puri in Odisha

Devotees offer prayers at a church in Agartala in Tripura. (PTI)

Christmas celebration in Siliguri (West Bengal).

On Christmas eve, people attend Christmas Vigil Mass in Bengaluru.

Christmas celebration in Agartala.

Christmas celebrations in Gulbarga, Karnataka.

A man dressed as Santa Claus greets public at the Upper Lake on the eve of Christmas in Bhopal. (PTI)

Devotees watch a fireworks display marking Christmas Eve outside St Peter's Church in Allahabad on December 24, 2016. (AFP Photo)

A man dressed as Santa Claus waves to children from a horse cart to mark Christmas Eve in Siliguri on December 24, 2016. (AFP Photo)

Security personnel stand on duty at the Sacred Heart Cathedral during a Christmas Eve service in New Delhi on December 24, 2016. (AFP Photo)