Church of Our Lady of Light, Chennai this church is considered to be one of the oldest European monuments in India. The feast of Our Lady of Light is celebrated on 15 August every year which is also the day of Indian independence and hence a national holiday. The day is also as the feast of "Assumption of Mary". The feast is celebrated with a grand mass and car procession. The Novena prayer to Our Lady of Light is as follows Church of Our Lady of Light, Chennai Church of Our Lady of Light () is a Roman Catholic shrine in Chennai, India. It is commonly called
National Youth Day (India) National Youth Day (India) National Youth Day is celebrated in India on 12 January on the birthday of Swami Vivekananda. In 1984 the Government of India declared the day as the National Youth Day and since 1985 the event is celebrated in India every year. It was a great decision of Government of India taken in the year, 1984 to celebrate the birthday of great Swami Vivekananda i.e. 12 January as a National Youth Day every year. As the Government of India had quoted and realized that ' the philosophy of Swamiji and the ideals for which he lived and