Tamilnadu > Tiruchirapalli > St. Lourds Church
The Church of Our Lady of Lourd, a hundred years old, is built within the St.Joseph's College complex, in gothic architectural style (it is said that a maistry from Tirunelveli, one Savarimuthu, was given intensive training in such construction by the missionaries so that he could supervise the building), the Church's 200 ft tall spire is visible from a radius of 8 kms around it. The Church has not been a repainted outside as the administrators wish to preserve its antiquity. The stained glass panels depicting stories from the Bible are truly beautiful. Some 6000 people attend mass at the church on Sundays. The Church, our Lady of Lourd is 100 years old. Tourists of every faith visit the church right through the year. Local citizens, of all faiths, never fail to pause and fold their hands in prayer when they pass the gates of the church.
Church of our Lady of Lourdes is the replica of the Basilica of Lourdes, the World famous place of pilgrimage in southern France .It is a remarkable feat of Indian craftsmanship and stained glass drawings.
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