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St. Antonys Shrine
Trichy Tiruchirappalli
About this place
In 1820, it was small chapel. Fr. De Geils built a new Church in 1859. It was renovated in 1892. The new Church was built and consecrated on 12th June 1987. The original inhabitants are all old Christians, converted by St. John De Britto. The specialty of the Shrine is it draws thousands of devotees irrespective of religion, caste, and language every week on Tuesdays. The flow of faithful starts in the early hours of the day and continues late night. On all days there are pilgrims to the Shrine and people turn to St. Antony for all their needs. The Shrine is situated only 4 kms from the Coimbatore City and plenty of buses are available from the town.
