Basilica of Our Lady of Lourdes (Poondi)
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Poondi Madha Basilica | |
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Religion | |
Year consecrated | Eighteenth century beginning |
Location | |
Location | Alamelupuram-Poondi, Tamil Nadu, India |
Geographic coordinates | 10°51′50.4″N 78°56′29.0″E / 10.864000°N 78.941389°E |
Architecture | |
Style | Gothic and French architecture |
Website | |
https://poondimadhabasilica.org |
Our Lady of Lourdes Basilica, also known as Poondi Madha Basilica, is a
History
In the beginning of the 18th century a great Italian Jesuit missionary
According to the available records in the Basilica archives the French Missionary Fathers ( MEP Fathers ) were taking care of the Pastoral Mission in Kumbakonam Diocese in the beginning of 20th Century. Fr. Mette Louis Jules started a Catechetical School in Alamelupuram-Poondi around the year 1900 to train Catechists.
Rev. Fr. Lourdes Xavier after being appointed as Parish Priest of Alamelupuram-Poondi on 1 September 1955, paid immediate attention to improve the condition of the Church, the central roof of which was in a bad condition and it was feared that it might collapse at any moment causing great damage. So he consulted an engineer. They wanted to demolish only the central roof without any damage to the front elevation, the doom and the altar. Fr.Lourdes Xavier was worried as it would cost too much and it would be beyond his means to find the necessary funds to reconstruct the Church. Fr.Lourdes Xavier, a great devotee of Our Lady, trusted and prayed to Our Lady of Poondi to reveal to him a way out to this problem. Inspired by an inner voice he predicted that the central roof of the church would come down on a particular day and time and it did. This is vividly remembered and described by people even today.
Simon Cardinal Lourdusamy declared the Shrine of our Lady of Poondi as a permanent pilgrimage centre of our Lady of
Shrine
The present structure of the shrine has a mixture of
Gallery
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Poondi Basilica View
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Poondi Basilica pleasant View
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Holy Land Gallery in Poondi
See also
- Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health
- Our Lady of Snows Basilica
- Elakurichi
- Kamanayakkanpatti
- Our Lady of Snow Kallikulam
- The Perianayagi Madha Shrine
- Villianoor
- Konankuppam
References
- ^ "Poondi Madha Basilica::Original Cross". www.poondimadhabasilica.org. Archived from the original on 27 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
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