The bishop-elect of Thanjavur, the diocese in Tamil Nadu where the "Lourdes of the East" is located, comments for AsiaNews the letter in which Card Fernández, on behalf of Pope Francis, encourages ...

Press Trust of India September 8, 2016 2:01 AM IST More than one lakh devotees from different parts of the country today witnessed the grand car festival of the famous Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of ...

Rail users have requested the Trichy divisional railway authorities to consider launching direct services from Trichy to the Velankanni shrine, especially since trains are already being operated to ...

Velankanni the holy shrine in Tamil Nadu dedicated to Mother Mary attracts a large crowd throughout the year. Devotees from different faiths flock to this shrine dedicated to the '˜Mother of Good ...

New Delhi (Agenzia Fides) - India is preparing for the great Marian feast celebrated at the Shrine of Velankanni in the state of Tamil Nadu. Every year this Marian shrine is visited by millions of ...

Mumbai: Catholics in Mumbai have asked Chief Minister Eknath Shinde to include the Mother Mary shrine in Velankanni, Tamil Nadu, under the Maharashtra Mukhyamantri Teerth Darshan Yojana programme that ...

Close to 6,000 Indians, including coastal residents and Christian pilgrims, are known to have died after waves more than six meters high lashed several states in southern India and the Andaman Islands ...

Mumbai: Religious minority groups, including Catholics and Parsis, are happy about the inclusion of their shrines in the list of pilgrimage centres added to the Mukhyamantri Teerth Darshan Yojana that ...

The annual festival of the Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health began with the flag-hoisting ceremony at Velankanni in Nagapattinam district on Tuesday. The flag was taken into a procession in the ...

More than 500 worshipers turned out on Saturday at the Miraculous Medal Shine on East Chelten Ave, for the Feast of Our Lady of Vailankanni, aka Our Lady of Good Health. The Mass and procession were ...

Vailankanni (Fides Service) - Thousands of Catholics and people of other faiths from all over India made the pilgrimage to Vailankanni Marian Shrine on the occasion of the annual Marian Festival at ...