Poondi Matha Basilica

Our Lady of Lourdes Basilica, Poondi, is a Catholic pilgrimage centre located in Tamil Nadu, South India. Poondi is a small village located in Thiruvaiyaru Taluk (also spelled as Taluka), about 35-km away from Thanjavur. It is considered as one of the Roman Catholic Pilgrim centre similar to Velankanni, which houses the famous Poondi Madha Shrine that attracts pilgrims from all over India. In the beginning of the eighteenth century (1714–1718) a ... more

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