FEAST OF OUR LADY OF ASSUMPTION

FEAST OF OUR LADY OF ASSUMPTION

This chapel is located at Cabo Raj Bhavan Dana Paula. This chapel is around 500 years old. "our lady of the cape" chapel was constructed around the years 1541.A large numbers of devotees mostly from the near by villages attend the mass. 
The feast of the chapel is celebrated on 15 August which coincides with the independence day of India. There are steps leading down to the grotto.This saint used to be venerated in the 4th and 5th centuries. You will notice tat the saint is being paid due to respect even today with Indian styled garlands and floral tributes.
There is also a tradition were the priest says a prayer and bless the crops (paddy crops) and later distributed among the people and people take the blessed 'konsa' after  the mass. And are placed at alter at homes and some put the konsa in their cars as a sign of symbolic protection.