08/03/2024
Our Lady of Good Health Church, Pattumala.
Pattumala Matha Church (Malayalam: പട്ടുമല മാതാ തീർത്ഥാടന കേന്ദ്രം, Tamil: பட்டுமலை மாதா புனித ஆலயம்) is a Roman Catholic Latin Rite pilgrim shrine in Kerala dedicated to Our Lady of Good Health. It is served by the Congregation of the Missionary Brothers of Saint Francis of Assisi (CMSF). This church has the largest Dome among christian churches in India.
The history of church dates back to the British era, tea estate workers having great devotion to Mother Mary. In the 1980s, Bro. Hippolitus Thadathil CMSF, a franciscan missionary brother of Kerala origin who came to pattumala realised the devotion & took the initiative; at first ashram chapel was used by devotees for the prayers and then in 1980's planned for a new church. The present church was blessed in 1998.
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