Holy Family Church, Ramanputhoor, Nagercoil,
Kanyakumari
Holy
Family Church is located at Ramanputhoor, a suburb of Nagercoil Town in
Kanyakumari District of Tamilnadu. Holy Family Church is the second largest
parish in the Roman Catholic diocese of
Kottar and the third-largest in
revenue. The majority of Ramanputhoor residents are Catholic. Elders of the
area believe that this Hindu place was converted to Christianity when St. Francis
Xavier visited Ramanputhoor in the
16th century.
The
Church is located at about 2 Kms from Nagercoil, 3 Kms from Nagercoil Bus
Stand, 3 Kms from Nagercoil Railway Station, 20 Kms from Kanyakumari, 7 Kms
from Suchindram, 13 Kms from Boothapandi and 83 Kms from Thiruvananthapuram.
Nearest Railway Station is located at Nagercoil and Nearest Airport is located
at Thiruvananthapuram.
