Periathalai
Periyathalai பெரியதாழை | |
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Village | |
  Periyathalai Location in Tamil Nadu, India | |
| Coordinates: 8°20′13″N 77°58′21″E / 8.3369039°N 77.9724254°ECoordinates: 8°20′13″N 77°58′21″E / 8.3369039°N 77.9724254°E Fatal error: The format of the coordinate could not be determined. Parsing failed. | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Thoothukudi |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Telephone code | 04639 |
| Vehicle registration | TN 69,TN 92 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Thoothukudi |
| Vidhan Sabha constituency | Srivaikuntam |
Periyathalai is a village situated in Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu, Southern India. It is located 26 kilometers from Thiruchendur and 60 kilometers from Kanyakumari, on the Thiruchendur and Kanyakumari coastal route. With a population of more than 10,000, this village is one of the biggest villages in south Tamil Nadu. Most of the people of the village are Roman Catholic Christians.
Earlier it was well known as Thanga Thalai (Golden Village).
Brief history
During his ministry in the Pearl Fishery Coast, St. Xavier came to Periyathalai several times. He was concerned about the welfare of the people of Periyathalai; he taught them catechism and built a thatched church. Fr. Henri Antriquez, who succeeded St. Xavier, built a bigger church with clay and roofed it with palm leaves in place of the old thatched church. This church had St. John as the patron saint. The chieftain of Vijayapathi, named Asiriya Perumal, set fire to this church in 1597. But, it was rebuilt in 1603. Fr. John Pereira, a Jesuit Priest, who took charge of Periyathalai as parish priest in 1635, laid the foundation for a new church considering the growing population. For the new church, which was completed in 1639, St. Stephen was also made another patron saint. The ancient church began to deteriorate, and people wanted to build a new church. Bishop Roche laid the foundation for it. However, it took a long time before Fr. Dasan Dalmeida could actually start the work for the new church on 13 November 1963. This triangular shaped church was consecrated and inaugurated for worship by Bishop Ambrose on the day of the Pentecost, that is, on 14 May 1978. The old church was totally destroyed, and in its place a Wedding Hall was built.
Patron Saint: St. John and St. Stephen
Feast of the: Sunday after the feast of St. John
Side Chapels:
- St. Antony’s Church (1958)
- Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto (1912)
- St. Therese of the Child Jesus Grotto (1929)
- St. Michael Grotto (1994)
- St. George Grotto (1994)
- St. Xavier’s Church (1998)
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