Vailankanni Shrine

Vailankanni - The Lourdes Of The East

A Documentary Film about the Apparitions of Our Lady Of Good Health, Vailankanni, India.

Each year millions of devotees visit Vailankanni, a small town in the south of India to pay homage to The Blessed Mother Mary, in the magnificent Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Vailankanni. Singing Hymns and chanting " Ave Maria " many of the devotees make the pilgrimage on foot from their homes some as far as 200 miles away to show their love and devotion to their " Vailankanni Matha " ( Vailankanni Mother ). Many are not Catholic or even Christian for that matter. An overwhelming majority of the devotees visiting the Vailankanni Shrine are non - christian and this is quite evident in the way they pay homage to Mother Mary. They bring gifts of flowers and coconuts, many shave their heads in keeping with an ancient Hindu tradition of offering their hair as a symbolic gesture of utmost sacrifice. A place unlike any other in the world. Welcome to The Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Vailankanni. A place that is gaining a reputation as the Lourdes of the East.

Now a new documentary film " VAILANKANNI - THE LOURDES OF THE EAST " by Jay Yellamaty brings this story to television and home video on DVD. It tells the story of Vailankanni from the beginning.

	The apparitions of The Blessed Mother Mary with Infant Jesus first to a poor boy delivering milk in Vailankanni sometime during the early 16th century.
	The apparition of Mother Mary with Infant Jesus to a lame boy selling butter milk by the roadside in Vailankanni, a short time later.
	The miraculous saving of a ship full of Portuguese sailors caught in a cyclone ( hurricane ) in the Bay of Bengal, who land on the beach in Vailankanni.
	The church that the grateful Portuguese built on the beach that has been transformed into the magnificent Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Vailankanni..
	The millions of non-christian pilgrims that visit Vailankanni each year.
	The Indianisation of devotion to the Blessed Mother Mary. See how devotees adorate the Blessed Mother by bringing gifts of flowers, coconuts, and fruits. Many shave their heads as a sign of utmost sacrifice.
	Watch as hundreds of devotees walk from their homes, some as far away as two hundred miles or more ,to the shrine pulling beautifully decorated floats to show their love and devotion to the blessed Mother Mary.
	Interviews with Fr. Xavier the present rector, Fr. Arul Irudhayam and Bishop Devadass Ambrose.
	India's Christian roots that go back to the Apostle Thomas who brought Christianity to India in 52 AD.
	*The annual Feast of Our Lady of Vailankanni - the nine day celebration that draws millions of devotees.*

Video Produced By Jay Yellamaty an Indian born New York based video producer with 25 plus years of experience in providing services for the Broadcast industry. Jay has visited Vailankanni on numerous occasions over the last 33 years and has spent the last 10 years researching and putting this video together. Each and every image in this website are low resolution copies of actual screen shots taken from the video. Jay is the owner of Channel Y Productions a state of the art Video and Music production facility providing services for the Cable and Broadcast TV industry in the U.S. Click here to find out more about Channel Y Productions.

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