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Velankanni (Vēḷāṅkaṇṇi), is a Special Grade Panchayat Town in Nagapattinam district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[1]

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  1. 84 relations: Bangalore, Barb (fish), Basilica, Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health, Bay of Bengal, BBC News, Broad-gauge railway, Canal, Catholic Church, Catholic Church in India, Changanassery, Chennai, Chennai International Airport, Cherthala, Christianity, Coimbatore, Coromandel Coast, East Coast Road, Ernakulam, Gothic architecture, Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana, Hinduism, Indian Railways, Indian Standard Time, Islam, Karaikal, Karaikudi, Kaveri, Kerala, Kerala State Road Transport Corporation, Kollam, Kumbakonam, Latin Church, List of districts in India, Madurai, Malayalam, Mass in the Catholic Church, Mumbai, Muvattupuzha, Nagapattinam, Nagapattinam district, Nagercoil, Our Lady of Good Health, Panchayati raj, Pattukkottai, Pilgrimage church, Pondicherry, Pope John XXIII, Postal Index Number, Pudukkottai, ... Expand index (34 more) »

  2. 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  3. Christianity in Tamil Nadu
  4. Cities and towns in Nagapattinam district

Bangalore

Bangalore, officially Bengaluru (ISO: Beṁgaḷūru), is the capital and largest city of the southern Indian state of Karnataka.

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Barb (fish)

A barb is one of various ray-finned fish species in a non-phylogenetic group, with members in the family Cyprinidae, and especially the genera Barbus and Puntius, but many others also.

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Basilica

In Ancient Roman architecture, a basilica was a large public building with multiple functions that was typically built alongside the town's forum.

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Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health

The Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health, also known as Sanctuary of Our Lady of Velankanni, is a Christian shrine located at the town of Velankanni, Tamil Nadu, India. Velankanni and Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health are Catholic pilgrimage sites and shrines to the Virgin Mary.

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Bay of Bengal

The Bay of Bengal is the northeastern part of the Indian Ocean.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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Broad-gauge railway

A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways.

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Canal

Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi).

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Catholic Church in India

The Catholic Church in India is part of the worldwide Catholic Church under the leadership of the Pope.

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Changanassery

Changanassery, (ചങ്ങനാശ്ശേരി) is a municipality in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India.

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Chennai

Chennai (IAST), formerly known as Madras, is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India.

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Chennai International Airport

Chennai International Airport is an international airport serving the city of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, India.

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Cherthala

Cherthala is a municipality in the Alappuzha district of Kerala, India and act as satelite town of kochi.It is located north of the district headquarters in Alappuzha and about north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram.

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Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Coimbatore

Coimbatore (Tamil: kōyamputtūr), sometimes shortened as Kovai, is one of the major metropolitan cities in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Coromandel Coast

The Coromandel Coast is the southeastern coastal region of the Indian subcontinent, bounded by the Utkal Plains to the north, the Bay of Bengal to the east, the Kaveri delta to the south, and the Eastern Ghats to the west, extending over an area of about 22,800 square kilometres.

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East Coast Road

East Coast Road (ECR), combination of SH-49, NH-332A, NH-32, officially known as Mutthamizh Arignar Kalaignar Road without public voting, is a two-lane highway (now being partially widened to four lanes from Chennai to Mamallapuram) in Tamil Nadu, India, built along the Bay of Bengal coast.

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Ernakulam

Ernakulam is the central business district of the city of Kochi, Kerala, India.

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Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is an architectural style that was prevalent in Europe from the late 12th to the 16th century, during the High and Late Middle Ages, surviving into the 17th and 18th centuries in some areas.

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Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana

National Heritage City Development and Augmentation Yojana (HRIDAY) was launched on 21 January 2015 with the aim of bringing together urban planning, economic growth and heritage conservation in an inclusive manner to preserve the heritage character of each Heritage City.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.

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Indian Railways

Indian Railways is a statutory body under the ownership of the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India that operates India's national railway system.

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Indian Standard Time

Indian Standard Time (IST), sometimes also called India Standard Time, is the time zone observed throughout the Republic of India, with a time offset of UTC+05:30.

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Islam

Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

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Karaikal

Karaikal (/kʌdɛkʌl/, Karikal /kaʁikal/) is a city of the Indian Union Territory of Puducherry.

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Karaikudi

Karaikudi is the largest city in Sivaganga district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Kaveri

The Kaveri (also known as Cauvery, the anglicised name) is one of the major Indian rivers flowing through the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. The Kaveri River rises at Talakaveri in the Brahmagiri range in the Western Ghats, Kodagu district of the state of Karnataka, at an elevation of 1,341 m above mean sea level and flows for about 800 km before its outfall into the Bay of Bengal.

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Kerala

Kerala (/), called Keralam in Malayalam, is a state on the Malabar Coast of India.

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Kerala State Road Transport Corporation

Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) is a state-owned road transport corporation in the Indian state of Kerala.

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Kollam

Kollam (also known by its former name Quilon), is an ancient seaport and the fourth largest city in the Indian state of Kerala.

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Kumbakonam

Kumbakonam (formerly spelt as Coombaconum or Combaconum), or Kudanthai, is a city municipal corporation in the Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Latin Church

The Latin Church (Ecclesia Latina) is the largest autonomous (sui iuris) particular church within the Catholic Church, whose members constitute the vast majority of the 1.3 billion Catholics.

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List of districts in India

A district (zila), also known as revenue district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory.

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Madurai

Madurai, formerly known by its colonial name Madura is a major city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Malayalam

Malayalam is a Dravidian language spoken in the Indian state of Kerala and the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (Mahé district) by the Malayali people.

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Mass in the Catholic Church

The Mass is the central liturgical service of the Eucharist in the Catholic Church, in which bread and wine are consecrated and become the body and blood of Christ.

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Mumbai

Mumbai (ISO:; formerly known as Bombay) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra.

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Muvattupuzha

Muvattupuzha is a municipality in the Ernakulam district of Kerala, India.

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Nagapattinam

Nagapattinam (nākappaṭṭinam, previously spelt Nagapatnam or Negapatam) is a town in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Nagapattinam district. Velankanni and Nagapattinam are cities and towns in Nagapattinam district.

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Nagapattinam district

Nagapattinam district is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu state in southern India.

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Nagercoil

Nagercoil, also spelt as Nagarkovil ("Temple of the Nāgas", or Nagaraja-Temple), is a city and the administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District in Tamil Nadu state, India.

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Our Lady of Good Health

Our Lady of Good Health (ஆரோக்கிய அன்னை Ārōkkiya annai), also known as Our Lady of Vailankanni, is a title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary by devotees. Velankanni and Our Lady of Good Health are Christianity in Tamil Nadu and Marian apparitions.

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Panchayati raj

The Panchayat raj is a political system, originating from the Indian subcontinent, found mainly in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal.

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Pattukkottai

Pattukkottai is a major town in Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and also important town in Delta districts and Commercial town of Thanjavur, Thiruvarur and Pudukkottai district Coastal areas.

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Pilgrimage church

A pilgrimage church (Wallfahrtskirche) is a church to which pilgrimages are regularly made, or a church along a pilgrimage route, like the Way of St. James, that is visited by pilgrims.

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Pondicherry

Pondicherry (Pondichéry) is the capital and most populous city of the Union Territory of Puducherry in India.

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Pope John XXIII

Pope John XXIII (Ioannes XXIII; Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli,; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 1963.

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Postal Index Number

A Postal Index Number (PIN; sometimes redundantly a PIN code) refers to a six-digit code in the Indian postal code system used by India Post.

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Pudukkottai

Pudukkottai is the administrative headquarters of Pudukkottai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Puntius sanctus

Puntius sanctus is a species of barb native to a small body of water at Velankanni of Tamil Nadu, India.This species reaches a length of.

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Rediff.com

Rediff.com, stylized as rediff.com, is an Indian news, information, entertainment, and shopping website.

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Salem, Tamil Nadu

Salem, formerly spelt as Selam, is a major city in Salem district, located on the banks of the Thirumanimutharu river in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu surrounded by mountains.

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Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes

The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes (Santuari de Nòstra Senhora de Lorda) is a Catholic Marian shrine and pilgrimage site dedicated to Our Lady of Lourdes in the town of Lourdes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France. Velankanni and Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes are shrines to the Virgin Mary.

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Secunderabad

Secunderabad is a twin city of Hyderabad and one of the six zones of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) in the Indian state of Telangana.

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Sengottai

Sengottai (also known as Shencottah, Chenkotta or Shenkottai) is a town in the Tenkasi district, of Tamil Nadu, India.

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Shrine

A shrine (scrinium "case or chest for books or papers"; Old French: escrin "box or case") is a sacred space dedicated to a specific deity, ancestor, hero, martyr, saint, daemon, or similar figure of respect, wherein they are venerated or worshipped.

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South Western Railway zone

The South Western Railway (SWR) is one of the 19 railway zones in India, headquartered at Hubballi in Karnataka State.

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Southern Railway zone

Southern Railway (SR) is one of the eighteen zones of Indian Railways.

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State Express Transport Corporation

State Express Transport Corporation - Tamil Nadu Ltd - (SETC) is a state-owned transport corporation that runs long-distance mofussil services exceeding 300 km and above throughout the state of Tamil Nadu and major cities in adjoining states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and the union territory of Puducherry.

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States and union territories of India

India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 entities.

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Tamil language

Tamil (தமிழ்) is a Dravidian language natively spoken by the Tamil people of South Asia.

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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu (TN) is the southernmost state of India.

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Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation

Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Ltd.

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Thanjavur

Thanjavur, also known as Thanjai, previously known as Tanjore,Pletcher 2010, p. 195 is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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The Hindu

The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

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The Times of India

The Times of India, also known by its abbreviation TOI, is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group.

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Thiruthuraipoondi

Thiruthuraipoondi is a municipality in Tiruvarur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram, commonly shortened to TVM or known by its former name Trivandrum, is the capital city of the Indian state of Kerala.

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Thiruvarur

Thiruvarur also spelt as Tiruvarur is a municipality in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Thoothukudi

Thoothukudi (formerly Tuticorin) is a port city, a municipal corporation, and an industrial city in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Tiruchirappalli

Tiruchirappalli (formerly Trichinopoly in English), also called Tiruchi or Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district.

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Tiruchirappalli International Airport

Tiruchirappalli International Airport is an international airport serving Tiruchirappalli in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Tiruchirappalli railway division

Tiruchirappalli railway division is one of the six railway divisions of Southern Railway zone (SR) of India.

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Tirunelveli

Tirunelveli, also known as Nellai and historically (during British rule) as Tinnevelly, is a major city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Train station

A train station, railroad station, or railroad depot (mainly North American terminology) and railway station (mainly UK and other Anglophone countries) is a railway facility where trains stop to load or unload passengers, freight, or both.

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Tsunami

A tsunami (from lit) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake.

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Vasco da Gama, Goa

Vasco da Gama, often shortened to Vasco, is a city in the state of Goa on the west coast of India.

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Vasco da Gama–Velankanni Weekly Express

Vasco Velankanni weekly Express is an Express rail operated by the Indian Railways connecting Vasco da Gama in Goa with Velankanni via Madgaon, Hubli Junction, Yesvantpur, Salem Junction, Karur Junction, Tiruchirappalli Junction, Thanjavur Junction, Thiruvarur Junction and Nagapattinam Junction.

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Vedaranyam

Vedaranyam (also spelt as Vedaraniam and Vedaranniyam) is a town in Nagapattinam district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Velankanni and Vedaranyam are cities and towns in Nagapattinam district.

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Velankanni

Velankanni (Vēḷāṅkaṇṇi), is a Special Grade Panchayat Town in Nagapattinam district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Velankanni and Velankanni are 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami, Catholic pilgrimage sites, Christianity in Tamil Nadu, cities and towns in Nagapattinam district, Marian apparitions and shrines to the Virgin Mary.

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Velankanni railway station

Velankanni railway station (station code: VLNK) is an NSG–5 category Indian railway station in Tiruchirappalli railway division of Southern Railway zone.

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2001 census of India

The 2001 census of India was the 14th in a series of censuses held in India every decade since 1871.

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2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami

On 26 December 2004, at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7), a major earthquake with a magnitude of 9.2–9.3 struck with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Sumatra, Indonesia.

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See also

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami

Christianity in Tamil Nadu

Cities and towns in Nagapattinam district

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velankanni

Also known as Vailankanni, Veilankanni, Velanganni, Velankanni Town.

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