OUR LADY OF HEALTH-

FULL FULL YOUR DREAMS....!!!!

VISIT THE SHIRINE BASALICA OF OUR LADY OF HEALTH AT VELANKANNY,TAMILNADU

THE HISTORY

Our Lady of Good Health, popularly called "Our Lady of Vailankanni" is in the small town of Vailankanni (with 5,000 residents) located on the shores of the Bay of Bengal. It is located in India, 150 miles south of Madras in Tamil Nadu,and 5 miles south of Nagapattinam. Our Lady chose this place to dispense her healing miracles to mankind.

Today, the celebration of this feast is an annual festival which lasts for 9 days and draws more than a million and a half pilgrims. Vailankanni attracts more pilgrims than any other sacred shrine in India. Not only do multitudes of Catholics travel there throughout the year, but many non-Christians visit as well. Hundreds of miraculous cures are reported every year.  

The Vailankanni Shrine was elevated to a Basilica on November 3, 1962 by Pope John XXIII. Until 1964, it was under the protection of Portuguese missionaries. We do not know where the statue was made, but it is draped in a sari to make it appear uniquely Indian. The original chapel no longer exists, but the original altar and the mosaic pieces on porcelain tiles from China have been retained. In its place, a modern and spacious church was consecrated in 1933 and renovated in 1975. During annual pilgrimage time, prayers and masses are offered in all regional languages at various times of the day.  

TOURS START FROM  TRICHY, CHENNAI, BANGLORE AND TRIVANDRUM