St. Antony's Church, Curusadi, Kanyakumari
St.
Antony's Church is located at Curusadi Village near Kollamkode in Kanyakumari
District of Tamilnadu. St. Antony's Church is believed to be 400 years old. It
was said that a Hindu Nadar found a stone with a cross embossed on it. He had
dreams and received orders from a form of light to build a church. Worship
began in a humble manner and the place came to be called Curusadi
("Curusu" is the Tamil word for cross). Later on, after 21 years of
construction, a new church came into being in 1911.
The
Church is located at about 500 meters from Kollamkode, 42 Kms from Nagercoil,
13 Kms from Vilavancode, 20 Kms from Marthandam, 40 Kms from Thiruvananthapuram
and 65 Kms from Kanyakumari. Parassala Railway Station in Kerala is the nearest
Railway Station, located at about 11 Kms from this Church. Nearest Airport is
located at Thiruvananthapuram.