Our Lady of Good Health




Coordinates: 10°40′49″N 79°50′51″E / 10.6803068°N 79.847429°E / 10.6803068; 79.847429





























Our Lady of Good Health
Our Lady of Vailankanni
Holy Mother of Good Health
புனித ஆரோக்கிய அன்னை
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Location
Velankanni, India
Date 16th and 17th century
Witness Young boy
Type Marian apparition
Holy See approval Pending approval by the Holy See
Shrine
Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health, Velankanni, India
Feast day, 8 September

Our Lady of Good Health (Tamil: ஆரோக்கிய அன்னை Ārōkkiya annai), also known as Our Lady of Vailankanni, is the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary by those who believe that she twice appeared in the town of Velankanni, Tamil Nadu, India, in the 16th to 17th centuries.[1] According to tradition, the first Marian apparition is said to have occurred to a young boy delivering butter-milk to a man who lived far away. During his travels, the boy stopped to rest beside a lake that was shaded by a Banyan tree. A beautiful woman, carrying a child, is said to have appeared, and asked the boy for some milk to feed her child, which he gave. When he reached the home for his milk delivery, he apologised for the delay and that there would be less milk in his pot. But when they opened the lid of the milk pot, the container was brimming with milk.


The second apparition occurred a few years later. A lame boy would sell buttermilk to passing travellers, who would pause in the shade of a large Bayan tree, to escape the heat of the day. However, he had no customers. Suddenly, an ethereal woman, holding a child appeared before him, and asked for a cup of buttermilk. He gave her a cup, which she fed to her child. The woman asked the boy to go to Nagapattinam, and find a certain Catholic man in the town, and tell him to build a chapel at Vailankanni in her honour. Apparently cured, the boy ran to Nagapattinam, where he found the man and told him his story.


These apparitions have not been approved by the Holy See.


The Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health erected by the Portuguese and the Indians stands at the site where the buttermilk seller saw Mary and Jesus.[2] The iconic depiction of the Madonna is unique in that it is one of two only icons where Mary is portrayed wearing an Indian Sari, while the other statue is said to have been buried with Aurangzeb, the Mughal Emperor .[3] The basilica is known as a site for pilgrims from all over India and its assembly of multilingual prayers every Christmas.[4]




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Basilica


  • 3 Feast day


    • 3.1 Other churches and shrines


      • 3.1.1 Australia


      • 3.1.2 Canada


      • 3.1.3 India


      • 3.1.4 Indonesia


      • 3.1.5 Malaysia


      • 3.1.6 Mozambique


      • 3.1.7 Portugal


      • 3.1.8 Sri Lanka


      • 3.1.9 United States






  • 4 Movie


  • 5 Gallery


  • 6 See also


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





History


Though there is no historical document or record about the reputed apparitions of Mary at Vailankanni, only oral tradition ascertain the two apparitions in the 16th century and the saving of the Portuguese sailors from a tempest in the Bay of Bengal in the 17th century.[5]



Basilica


Main article: Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health



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A Gothic-styled basilica stands in Velankanni in memory of the apparitions



Feast day


September 8, the Feast of the Nativity of Mary, is also commemorated as the feast of Our Lady of Good Health. The celebration starts on 29 August and ends on the day of the feast.[6] The feast day prayers are said in Marathi, East Indian, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Konkani, Hindi and English.[7]



Other churches and shrines



Australia




  • Shrine of Our Mother of Good Health - Velankanni, All Nations Marian Centre, Merrimu, Australia.


  • Shrine to Our Lady of Good Health, Vailankanni, at the Shrine of Our Lady Help of Christians, Brisbane, Australia.



Canada



  • Our Lady of Good Health Parish Church, Ontario, Canada.


India




  • Church of Our Lady of Vailankanni, Farla, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.


  • Annai Vailankanni Shrine, Besant Nagar, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

  • Annai Vailankanni Chapel, Pottery Town, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.[8]


  • Annai Velankanni Shrine, Anna Nagar, Madurai, Tamil Nadu.


  • Our Lady of Vailankanni Church, Yelahanka, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.


  • Our Lady of Good Health Shrine, St. Marys Basilica, Shivajinagar, Bangalore, Karnataka, India.

  • Our Lady of Good Health Church, Kottapattu, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu [9]


  • Our Lady of Good Health Church, Periakulathupatty, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India.


  • Our Lady of Good Health Church, Cuncolim, Goa, India.


  • Shrine of Our Lady of Health, Khairatabad, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.


  • Our Lady of Health Church, Shirva, India.


  • Our Lady of Velankanni Shrine, at the Stella Maris Church, Kalmady, Udupi, India.



Indonesia



  • Graha Maria Annai Velangkanni, Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia.


Malaysia



  • Chapel of Our Lady of Good Health, Kampung Pandan, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


Mozambique



  • Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Saúde (Church of Our Lady of Good Health), Nampula, Mozambique.


Portugal



  • Santuário da Senhora da Saúde (Sanctuary of Our Lady of Good Health), Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal


Sri Lanka




  • Annai Velankanni Church, Colombo, Sri Lanka.


  • Our Lady of Good Health Church, Mabola, Sri Lanka.


  • Our Lady of Good Health Church, Sedawatta, Wellampitiya, Sri Lanka.



United States


  • An oratory inside the Crypt Church at Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, D.C., United States [10].


Movie


A Tamil language movie was made in honor of Our Lady of Good Health with the title Annai Velankanni in 1971. The movie was directed by K. Thankappan, starring major stars of Tamil cinema including Gemini Ganesan, Kamal Haasan, K. R. Vijaya, Jayalalitha and Padmini.[11]



Gallery










  • Velankanni Main Basilica and Flag during Feast







  • Velankanni Church - Front View







  • Velankanni Basilica - Extension - Front View







  • Veilankanni Basilica - A Panoramic Side View - Church and Church Extension seen at a stretch







  • Veilankanni Basilica - Left side view







  • Veilankanni Basilica - Right side view







  • Veilankanni Basilica at Dusk







  • Veilankanni Church Pond







  • Pilgrims walking on their knees towards the Pond







  • Veilankanni - Adoration Center







  • Velankanni Basilica







  • Chapel in Nadu Thittu where Mother Mary appeared for the first time







  • A Chapel for St Sebastian at Velankanni







  • Velankanni Church Office housing office, priests' residence and a shop






See also



  • Catholic Church in India

  • Velankanni Town

  • In Spain and the Philippines, a different Our Lady of Health is venerated. This includes the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Salud, in Pátzcuaro, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Morelia, and a shrine at San Nicolas de Tolentino Parish Church (Quezon City).[12]



References





  1. ^ Description of the miracles at the Velankanni Shrine


  2. ^ Mukherjee, Rila. 2009. 'Locality, history, memory: Vailankanni and a new geography of citizenship.' In Mukherjee, Rila and Tajesh, M.N. (eds.), Locality, History, Memory: The Making of the Citizen in South Asia, pp. 152–181. Newcastle on Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.


  3. ^ R.V. Smith Mother Mary... in a sari from The Hindu


  4. ^ "History of Vailankanni


  5. ^ History of the Basilica on its home page Archived December 3, 2007, at the Wayback Machine


  6. ^ Velankanni festival ends with feast mass on The Hindu news


  7. ^ "Velankanni Feast Day 2018 | Our Lady Of Good Health | Vailankanni.info". Velankanni.info. Retrieved 30 August 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  8. ^ Photographs of a privately erected shrine in Bangalore


  9. ^ Religious Societies in the Dioscese of Tiruchirapalli


  10. ^ [1]


  11. ^ IMDB entry on the movie


  12. ^ News article regarding the revival of Nuestra Señora de la Salud




External links




  • Sanctuary of Our Lady of Vailankanni – Official website


  • Marian Shrine of Vailankanni TV – Live streaming




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