More than 45,000 people have attended the jubilee of a Marian apparition in Odisha, eastern India.

“Where there is Mother Mary there is Jesus and where there is Jesus there is satisfaction and fulfilment. Mother Mary is not only Mother of God but Mother of everyone who seeks her constant intercession,” said Arch-bishop John Barwa of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar, the main celebrant for the 25 years of spiritual journey of persecuted Christians.