Annai Velankanni shrine in Chennai
Every hour the chime of 'Ave Maria' reminds us of Mother Mary's presence and reassures Her loving guidance. And this is the legendary Annai Vailankanni Shrine, Besant Nagar in Chennai(formerly Madras). This is the largest and most popular Shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Good Health outside Vailankanni(place of Apparition of Our Lady of Good Health) in Nagapattinam.
Being located at the Elliot’s beach, on the sandy shores of the Bay of Bengal this Shrine has become a haven for pilgrims. History recounts that Mother Mary appeared with Infant Jesus in a dream to the late Rev. Fr. P. T. Arulappa, who constructed this beautiful shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mother of God to fulfill Our Heavenly Mother's desire.
Down through the years the Shrine has been proved to be of divine origin and a clear proof of international, multicultural, and religious harmony. Thousands of Christian and non-Christian pilgrims who visit the Shrine is the proof of the respect, love and hope in our loving Annai(Mother in Tamil language) - Mother of Christ and our Mother too. It is the sign of the growing influence of the Annai Vailankanni Shrine on one and all irrespective of caste or creed.
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Velankanni Church
Velankanni Church, one of the religious sites, is situated on the Bay of Bengal coast. The holy shrine was constructed in the memory of the Lady of Health, also known as the Madonna of Velankanni. She was renowned among the people for possessing miraculous powers. Dedicated to Virgin Mary and the Heavenly Mother, this church is popular as a Sacred Arogya Matha Church.
According to the manuscripts, Mother Mary once visited this shrine with Jesus in the 16th or early 17th century. It is also said that Mary appeared in the dreams of Father Arulappa and expressed her desire of having a church in her name. For constructing the same, Arulappa along with J.P Dsouza, an engineer, finally established an Annai Velankanni Church at the site.
Housing a 97 feet Belfry, the church was started in 1971 and was opened in 1972. Offerings are made to God in the form of different shapes of candles, such as in case of jaundice, a liver shaped candle is offered. The preservation centre at the church exhibits small golden or silver replicas of the organs that have been presented to God after the disease has been cured.
Representing a Gothic style of architecture, the building of the church is painted white, while the roof is covered with red tiles. The church organises Holy masses in eight languages namely, English, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Hindi, Konkani and Marathi.
The local people state that the Goddess performed three miracles at different sites, which provided a platform for construction of the Basilica. The premises of the church witnessed the appearance of Mary with the baby Christ, the rescue of the Portuguese sailors from the dangerous sea and curing a lame buttermilk vendor.
After the safe landing of the Portuguese sailors, they constructed a chapel whose annual feast is organised in the month of September as Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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10-day annual fest begins at Velankanni Church in Chennai with flag hoisting
Around two lakh people congregated for the annual flag hoisting ceremony at the Our Lady of Velankanni Church in Besant Nagar, Chennai on Tuesday. The ceremony marks the start of a 10-day festival which will culminate on St Mary's day on September 8, the birthday of mother Mary.
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Velankanni Trip | Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health |
The Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health is located at the small town of Velankanni in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India. The Roman Catholic Latin Rite Basilica is devoted to Our Lady of Good Health. Devotion to Our Lady of Good Health of Velankanni can be traced to the mid-16th century and is attributed to three miracles at sites around where the Basilica stands: the apparition of Mary and the Christ Child to a slumbering shepherd boy, the curing of a lame buttermilk vendor, and the rescue of Portuguese sailors from a violent sea storm. These accounts are based on oral tradition and there are no written or attested records in support of them. The Holy See has not approved these apparitions.
The chapel was finally built by Portuguese sailors. More than 500 years later, the nine-day festival and celebration is still observed and draws nearly 2 million pilgrims each year. The Shrine of Our Lady of Vailankanni, also known as the Lourdes of the East, is one of the most-frequented religious sites in India.
Annai Vailankanni Shrine, Besant Nagar, Chennai| Velankanni Feast Day 2018 | Our lady of good health
This is the legendary Annai Vailankanni Shrine, Besant Nagar in Chennai(formerly Madras). This is the largest and most popular Shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Good Health outside Vailankanni(place of Apparition of Our Lady of Good Health) in Nagapattinam.
Being located at the Elliot’s beach, on the sandy shores of the Bay of Bengal this Shrine has become a haven for pilgrims. History recounts that Mother Mary appeared with Infant Jesus in a dream to the late Rev. Fr. P. T. Arulappa, who constructed this beautiful shrine dedicated to the Virgin Mother of God to fulfill Our Heavenly Mother's desire.
Down through the years the Shrine has been proved to be of divine origin and a clear proof of international, multicultural, and religious harmony. Thousands of Christian and non-Christian pilgrims who visit the Shrine is the proof of the respect, love and hope in our loving Annai(Mother in Tamil language) - Mother of Christ and our Mother too. It is the sign of the growing influence of the Annai Vailankanni Shrine on one and all irrespective of caste or creed.
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Annai Velankanni Full Movie
NAM NAADU (English: OUR COUNTRY) is a 1969 Tamil movie starring M.G.R and Jayalalitha. It is a remake of the Telugu hit KATHANAYAKUDU, starring N.T.R. and also Jayalalitha.
After the phenomenal success of ENGA VEETTU PILLAI produced by the legendary producer B.Nagi Reddy, MGR told the former that he wanted to make a film to find out how people would react to his entry into politics. Reddy suggested remaking the Telugu hit, KATHANAYAKUDU, which featured N.T.Rama Rao, released on 27th february 1969 . MGR agreed. NAM NAADU was made!
Directed by C. P. Jambulingam
Produced by B. Nagi Reddy,M. G. Chakrapani
Written by Swornam (dialogues)
Story by Mullapudi Venkata Ramana
Starring M.G.R,Jayalalitha,Nagesh,S.A.Ashokan,Sridevi
Music by M. S. Viswanathan
Cinematography Konda Reddy,Sundar Babu
Edited by C. P. Jambulingam,G. Kalyanasundaram,D. G. Jayaraman
Production
company Vijaya International
Distributed by Vijaya International
Release dates 7 November 1969
Country India
Language Tamil
Annai Vailankanni Shrine Besant Nagar 47th Annual Feast 2019
The 47th annual Festival of the Annai Vailankanni Shrine, Besant Nagar, Chennai is being celebrated from 29 August, Thursday to 8″ September, 2019, Sunday, The Eleven Day festival commences at 5.30 pm on 29″ August, 2017, Thursday with the Hoisting of the Flag by Most Rev. Dr. George Antonysamy, DD, Archbishop of Madras Mylapore. It will be preceded by a procession of the 12 feet Festival Flag of Our Lady of Good Health and after the blessing, it will be hoisted in the 75 feet Flag Post in the Shrine Campus.
The theme of the Festival for this year is “Mary the Tabernacle of God!!” Each day of the Festival is observed as a special day like Vocation Day, Youth Day, Pious Association, Day, Holy Eucharist Day, Workers’ Day, Teachers’ Day, Family Day, Day of Healing, Day of Annai Vailankanni and Birthday of Blessed Virgin Mary – Solemnity. Special Prayers will be conducted on these days. Holy Masses to shower love and mercy to the group of people identified for these days. Holy Masses will be celebrated each day during the Festival Days from Morning till Evening and there will be Car Procession for the special days after the 5.30 pm Holy Mass.
On the 7th September at 5.30pm the Most Rev. Dr. George Antonysamy, Archbishop of Madras- Mylapore will preside over the concelebrated High Mass with the Priests of the Archdiocese followed by the Grand Car procession. 8th September is the Birthday of Our Blessed Mother of Vailankanni and also the feast of the Shrine. There will be continuous Holy Masses from 3.30 am till evening. After the 7.45 am English Mass and before the 9.30 am Tamil Mass, there will be Crowning of Our Blessed Mother. After the 5.30 pm Mass, lowering of the Flag will take place.
The Shrine started in the year 1972 by Rev Fr. P T Arulappa, has grown as a major oilgrimage center for the thousands of devotees who visit the shrine for their various needs especially for good health. The large number of Christian and non Christian pilgrims, who visit the Shrine is the proof of our abiding respect, love and hope in our loving Mother of Christ Jesus and our Mother. It is the sign of the growing influence of the Annai Vailankanni Shrine on one and all, irrespective of caste or creed.
This year also lakhs of people will be visiting the Shrine during the Feast on 29th August to 8th September. Arrangements are made in a big way for the orderly conduct of the Festival. The Police Department have been taking a lot of initiatives and plans for the complete protection and security of the devotees participating in the Festival. Special Traffic Arrangements have been made for the convenience of the devotees, MTC authorities also have made arrangements to run special buses from all over Chennai city towards Besant Nagar Church. More than 350 volunteers headed by the Rector and parish priest, Rev.Fr. Vincent Chinnadurai, ably assisted by other priests and parishioners will be coordinating the activities for the successful conduct of the Feast. Whenever you enter into the shrine, kindly pray in silence for the people who go to pilgrims and of their intensions.
As the old church had been demolished and a new church is being constructed. Archbishop Most Rev. Dr. George Antonysamy of Madras – Mylapore and Rev. Fr. Vincent Chinnadurai, Shrine Rector & Parish Priest are planning to have the inauguration of the new church very soon for the devotees to worship, Ast importantly, people of all faith and religions, come to visit our “Besant Nagar Madha” and return with full of grace and mercy.
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Besant Nagar Velankanni Church in Chennai
Velankanni church at Chennai is located at the famous Eliot's beach in Besant Nagar. It is one of the important monuments of Chennai city. Being located at the Elliot's beach on the shore of Bay of Bengal this shrine is as like a heaven for the pilgrims. Devotees worship Mother Mary as 'lady of health' in this church. Thousands of devotees visit the church to seek the blessings of mother Mary. The Velankanni Church at Besant Nagar is considered as the 'Mecca' of Christians. Many devotees belonging to different caste and religion often visit the church and worship mother Mary. This church is also famously known as ''Sacred Arokya Madha Church'.
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Annai Velankanni Church
This video shows the visit to the sacred church in Tamil Nadu, Annai Velankanni, known as Lourdes of the East.