What is Lent? Lent is a 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving, held 40 days before Easter Sunday. The season offers Christians the time to prepare for Jesus' Easter resurrection.

Believers from Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra trekked to the Miraculous Cross atop Nandgad Hill near Khanapur for Lent prayers on Sunday. The holy mount, around 40 km from Belagavi on the ...