Sunday, July 17, 2016

St. Antony Church, Tharuvaikulam, Thoothukudi

St. Antony Church, Tharuvaikulam, Thoothukudi
St. Antony Church is located at Tharuvaikulam of Thoothukudi District. It is famous for its 13-day festival, traditionally; newlyweds visit this church for blessings. People nowadays give traditional "Assanam" i.e., Thanks to St. Antony for his prayer to God for the people who blessed. Tharuvaikulam is located 10 km from the town Thoothukudi in sea shore of Bay of Bengal in Tamilnadu, Ottapidaram Taluk.