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Our Lady of Snows Shrine Basilica is located at Thoothukudi,
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See also

* Other Catholic pilgrimage centres: ** Basilica of Our Lady of Snow, Pallippuram, Ernakulam,
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, India ** Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health, Velankanni, Tamil Nadu, India ** Holy Cross Church, Manapad, Tamil Nadu, India **
Poondi Matha Basilica Our Lady of Lourdes Basilica, also known as Poondi Madha Basilica, is a Catholic pilgrimage centre located in Tamil Nadu, South India. It is located in Alamelupuram-Poondi, a small village located adjacent to Thirukattupalli in Thiruvaiyaru ta ...
(''Our Lady of Lourdes Basilica, Poondi''),
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Kamanayakkanpatti Kamanayakkanpatti is the laterday capital of Ezhasa Naadu , is now a village in the Kovilpatti Taluk, located in the Thoothukudi District of Tamil Nadu, and is famous for the Catholic Church dedicated to Our Lady of Assumption. The Festival on ...
Church of Our Lady of Assumption **
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Sathankulam Sathankulam is a panchayat town in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Sathankulam town is located in the banks of the Karumeni river. It is from Tiruchendur and from Tirunelveli and from Thoothukudi and from Nagercoil a ...
**
Our Lady of Snow Kallikulam The Church of Our Lady of Snow is a Roman Catholic Marian church in Kallikulam, Tirunelveli district, uticorin diocese Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the Catholic pilgrimage centres in India dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. In Tamil 'Pan ...
(''Our Lady of Snow Church, Kallikulam''),
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, India **
St. Stephen's Church, Kombuthurai St. Stephen's Church is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to Saint Stephen, located in the village of Kombuthurai in the Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu, India. The church was built by St. Francis Xavier in May 1544. It was abandoned by the ...
** Our Lady of Snows,
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Nagercoil Nagercoil, also spelt as Nagarkovil ("Temple of the Nāgas", or Nagaraja-Temple), is a city and the administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District in Tamil Nadu state, India. Situated close to the tip of the Indian peninsula, it lies on an ...
** Our Lady of Snows,
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Nagercoil Nagercoil, also spelt as Nagarkovil ("Temple of the Nāgas", or Nagaraja-Temple), is a city and the administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District in Tamil Nadu state, India. Situated close to the tip of the Indian peninsula, it lies on an ...
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External links


www.snowsbasilica.comwww.snowschurch.orgHistory of Our Lady of Snows
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