Ntra. Sra. del Rescate de Vallarpadam (Kochi)
On the island of Vallarpadam, in Kochi, the image of Our Lady of the Rescue, brought by Portuguese merchants in 1524, was venerated from the 16th century. National sanctuary since 2004 and minor basilica by the concession of St. John Paul II, receives about five million pilgrims each year.
🌹 Wonders and anecdotes
- The painting of the Virgin with the Child was brought by Portuguese merchants in 1524; after the flood that destroyed the first church in 1676, it was found floating in the waters and rescued by the prime minister of the raja de Cochin, who donated the land of the present temple.
- The lamp that that benefactor offered burned day and night from 1676.
- In May 1752 the Virgin saved Meenakshi Amma and her son, sunk in a storm: following what was indicated in a dream to the parish priest, the fishermen rescued them on the third day; the faithful, also Hindus, continue to entrust their children to the "Mother of Vallarpadam."
- On September 12, 2004, the Episcopal Conference of India declared it a national sanctuary and in December John Paul II gave it the title of a minor basilica.
Our Lady of Vallardadam
Belonging to the Archdiocese of Verapolly, Vallarpadam is one of the largest Marian pilgrimage centers in India, where Christians and Hindus have venerated the Mother of Vallarpadam together for five centuries.
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