Manal Matha Shrine
| Manal Matha Shrine | |
|---|---|
| 8°20′13″N 77°57′12″E / 8.336972°N 77.953286°ECoordinates: 8°20′13″N 77°57′12″E / 8.336972°N 77.953286°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. | |
| Country | India |
| Denomination | Catholicism |
| History | |
| Founder(s) | Thomas the Apostle |
| Administration | |
| Diocese | Tuticorin |
Athisaya Manal Matha Shrine (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist. ) is a shrine in southern Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu. The shrine belongs to the Sokkan Kudierappu Parish of the Diocese of Tuticorin. The shrine is surrounded by red sands and palm trees. A small lake (known as Tharuvai in by the local people) is located near the shrine. It was once known as Kanakkan Kudieruppu, where a number of families lived in the Pandya kingdom. It's said that, as a result of the unjust in the kingdom, through a poor widow who was killed by the king, the whole village was covered by red sand by sand storm. It is considered as a punishment given to the people and the king by God. Later in 1798, the church was discovered by a shepherd boy with the help of the people of Sokkan Kudieruppu.
Today, the Shrine is one of the sixteen shrines in of the Diocese of Tuticorin. It is administrated by the Sokkan Kudierappu parish. Saturday devotion is famous in the shrine, receiving visitors from southern Tamil Nadu and from some parts of Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka visit the shrine. Blessed Holy Meal is served to all the people, irrespective of caste and religion on every first Saturday of the month. Ten days of feast is celebrated every year in the month of September. It starts with the flag-hoisting on the Friday followed by The Feast of the Cross and ends with a grand Holy mass on the tenth day of the feast.[1]
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