subject: Tour To Visit Roman Catholic Church At Velankanni, Tamil Nadu [print this page] Tamil Nadu state is famous for the tours, trips and pilgrimages. With the beauty of eastern and western Ghats and the coastal belt with beach cites provides rich tourism opportunities.
Popular temple cities in Tamil Nadu and adjacent Kerala states of India are Rameswaram, Velankanni, Madurai, Tirunelveli, Trivandrum and Thiruchendur. Famous Beach cities where people flock in large number are Cochin, Kannur, Kanyakumari, Rameswaram, Trivandrum, Tuticorin and Velankanni. Few of the Hill stations to name are Courtallam, Kodaikanal, Malapuram, Munnar, Ooty, Palakkadu, Wayand and Yercaud.
Velankanni
Out of these Velankanni is pilgrimage city for Christians. Not only Christians but others too in large number visit the Roman Catholic Church her in Velankanni on the shores of Bay of Bengal. It is believed that Mother Mary here in the Velankanni church blesses abundantly one who worships and visits her. Here, mother Mary is popularly known as Our Lady of Good Health.
Velankanni is also known as Vailankanni or Velanganni. It is IN Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu state.
Pilgrims visit Velankanni Church in large during the month of September for the feast celebrations. Not only people from India but from different other countries come here to offer prayers to Mother Mary. On the feast day prayers are offered in different languages including Telugu, Tamil, English, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada and Konkani too. Apart from the feast day, Christmas and Ester festival days are crowded. One need to arrange lodging and boarding in Velankanni before their arrival as it is little difficult to get a cottage. Velankanni church authorities give away rooms to pilgrimages but they are very less in number. It is advised to make alternate arrangements too.
Apart from Velankanni, Rameswaram and Madurai are famous Hindu temple cities in Tamil Nadu state. Tamil Nadu tourism offers good transport facilities to visit any famous tourist destination in the state. Most of these places are well connected by road and rail. One can easily find the rail timings online.
To pay a visit to these tourist destinations, tourists can browse online for more details and advanced bookings. Even vehicles cabs and taxis can be booked well advance that suits their budget.
One day tour packages
When tourists find busy schedules they can opt for one day tour packages too. One day tours are available for the following cities: Courtallam, Kanyakumari, Nagarcoil, Tenkasi, Thenmalai, Manjolai, Thiruchendur, Rameswaram and Manimuthar & Pabanasam.
Rameswaram
Rameswaram is popular for the Lord Shiva linga which is very ancient temple in south India. It is considered next to the famous pilgrimage city Kasi in north India. Rameswaram is an Island city in Tamil Nadu state. There are special one day tours for this city too. In 1 day trip places covered in and around Rameswaram are Rameswaram temple, Pamban Palan, Devi Pattinam, Ramar Pathan and Beach
