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Residents of Thavalapallam colony successful Pudukottai territory person agreed to sponsor the renovation of an past religion seemingly built implicit 200 years agone by Jesuit clergyman and Tamil student Constantine Joseph Beschi, besides known arsenic ‘Veeramamunivar’, with the purpose of re-opening it for worship and arsenic a section tourer spot.
Once an important portion of the village’s societal fabric, the Roman Catholic religion dedicated to Mother Mary, and known arsenic ‘Periyanayagi Matha Aalayam’, had been abandoned arsenic the operation became uninhabitable implicit time. The tiny religion tin accommodate up to 50 worshippers.
A sum of adjacent to ₹8 lakh has been spent truthful acold connected the renovation. “We had approached the authorities successful 2023 requesting for a renovation of the building. However, Tourism Board officials who assessed the practice operation ruled retired the anticipation of repairing the church. So, we decided to rise funds from section families, and consulted a civilian technologist to bash the renovation. A large portion of the civic works is complete; we anticipation to reopen the religion by May,” Parish clergyman Fr. Amul William told The Hindu.
