Thousands of devout Christians attended mass at churches across Kerala Saturday and headed home for a special breakfast of appam, stew, baked bananas and cakes, but the usual public revelry was low key following four-time chief minister K. Karunakaran's death.
At midnight, revellers usually burst a lot of crackers in Christian dominated districts of central Kerala but Friday midnight saw fewer crackers.
Earlier Friday evening, the carriage carrying Karunakaran's body passed through these Christian dominated areas before reaching Thrissur, where the cremation will take place.
Thousands waited for hours on National Highway 47 from Thiruvananthapuram to Kollam to catch one last glimpse of the Congress veteran who passed away a day earlier at the age of 92.
At midnight, revellers usually burst a lot of crackers in Christian dominated districts of central Kerala but Friday midnight saw fewer crackers.
Earlier Friday evening, the carriage carrying Karunakaran's body passed through these Christian dominated areas before reaching Thrissur, where the cremation will take place.
Thousands waited for hours on National Highway 47 from Thiruvananthapuram to Kollam to catch one last glimpse of the Congress veteran who passed away a day earlier at the age of 92.
