St. John de Britto Basilica

A holy shrine that holds the story of St. John Britto. A must visit place.

A shrine in a very quite place.
A serene place of worship.
People irrespective of religion come here to visit and pray.

Nice and beautiful church. This place is around 100 km from Madurai and Thondi is near by. Well maintained. Today June 22 , 2022 Wednesday the long waited missionary park opened by the bishop.

Very holy place. Silent and peaceful. Great experience. The wind that you get when you sit in front of the church is awesome. Must visit place

St. John de britto church is one of our most memorable church. This church have contributed to many miracles to be happened in people life. You could see different portions of building decicated to prayer, shop containing rosary, candles and other church related items and ofcourse the tomb of St. John de britto. Also,you have to walk 1 km away from the church to see the place or spot where St. John de britto was murdered. Also, suprisingly after his murder, the soil or sand became red, that you could witness even now. What we felt personally, anybody who were been given with the soil in the name of st.John de britto, miracle happens.

We are living in Coimbatore belongs to St. Jude's Shrine Nggo Colony Coimbatore Parist. First time travelled early morning from Coimbatore started @ 5 am and reached chruch by 11.45 am. We prayed in all chruch. One of the big and beautiful chruch inside a Oriyur Village. My family had a nice prayer. Pls vist and get a good blessing from the St John De Britto.

Very calm, isolated place, good for retreat. Neatly maintained and the priests are available all time

Calm and peaceful church in oriyur village surrounded by paddy fields for having silent prayer....it was very calm and silent only people's sound can be heard....Wednesdays are special in this church....nice church for prayer...rooms are available for stay...but no canteen is available so have to travel atleast six kilometers to have food....

Blessed trip to this holy land with my family.
My son Marc who took us to this holy land.
By grace of Jesus we got an opportunity to visit here.thank God.
And one more thing people from India and outbound who don't know about this holy land.i started to explore thos holy land to everyone of my friends.
Thank God

Red sand😍church 😇

Thus did the life of John de Britto end far away from his native Portugal. Was this the end or the interval for a dream for which John de Britto left his home and hearth in Portugal and a dream which unraveled with vigour and vitality under divine providential dispensation? Did not Christ say, “ A grain of wheat remains a grain unless it falls to the ground and dies, but if it dies it bears a rich harvest?” That is what happened in the case of John de Britto. Because of his martyrdom, the community he endeavoured to establish at the beginning amidst great opposition began to flourish since then. Surely, the hand of God was with the Christian community of Arulanandar Swami all his life and after his life.

Beautiful place with amazing history unknown to many.

Every one must visit this Holy ancient Semman punithar church

History not wildly known in other parts of India. A must visit

Wounder place to get peace,.but now it is under construction.
It may be clear with in a month

A calm place to pray. The premises is maintained neatly. Year by year new constructions are coming up.
The museum is not as expected.

It's one of the important holistic pilgrimage shrine in India where St. John De Britto was beheaded and the sand in the place became red in colour with his blood.
This church is administered by the Society of Jesus of Madurai province. The saint was also from the Society of Jesus community.
People from all over the world pay visit every year as pilgrimes and they witness the blessings of the saint.

My Favorite Church

Excellent place, every christian should visit this place

Must visit place ...if your visiting VAILANKANNI another 147 kms to this place
Visit the Famous Red soil shrine