St. Paul of Thebes Church, Dharmanathapuram, Trichy
St. Paul
of Thebes Church is a Roman
Catholic shrine in the village of Dharmanathapuram in Lalgudi
Taluk of Trichy District of Tamil
Nadu. The old shrine was built during the end of 19 century.
Its roof was made of tile, and it had a tower of about 30 ft height from
ground level. Due to the building becoming weak and old it was demolished
during 1983. The first stone was laid in 1983 for the construction of a new
shrine.
After
completion in 1987, the shrine was blessed and opened by Paul Arulsamy, the then Bishop of Kumbakonam. The church had completed 29 years without any
alteration. So, that the people
of Dharmanathapuram planned to alter the shine and rise the tower
height from 19 to 37 ft from ground level. The work was started on 15
October 2015 and the work was completed and inaugurated by the then primary priest of Kumbakonam
diocese.
The
Church is located at about 8 Kms from Lalgudi, 8 Kms from Lalgudi Bus Station, 9
Kms from Lalgudi Railway Station, 9 Kms from Samayapuram, 23 Kms from Trichy
and 28 Kms from Trichy Airport.