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8th SEPTEMBER: OUR LADY OF VAILANKANNI

The Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health, also known as Sanctuary of Our Lady of Vailankanni, is a Marian shrine located at the small town of Velankanni in Tamil Nadu, South India. #OurLadyOfVailankanni #Sep8 #Christianity #MotherOfChrist Image
2. The apparition of Blessed Mary and the Christ Child to a slumbering shepherd boy [in 1570], the healing of a disabled buttermilk vendor, and the rescue of Portuguese sailors from a deadly sea storm [on September 8] led to only a simple and modest chapel being built
3. by the Portuguese sailors who washed ashore safely.

More than 500 years later, the nine-day festival and celebration is still observed and draws nearly 5 million pilgrims each year.

The Shrine of Our Lady of Vailankanni is also known as "the Lourdes of the East" because
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