The vessels have been based at various Indian coast guard station such as Mandapam, Mangalore, Visakhapatnam, Okha, Chennai, Kochi and Goa, and one boat was leased to Mauritius in 2001.
There are four extension centers for CECRI, located at Chennai, Cochin, Mandapam and Tuticorin.
With nowhere else to go, these people left Sri Lanka by boat from a northern town called Mannar, (18 km from the Indian coast) and arrived in Mandapam, India.
Sculptured image of Vezhmugathu Vinayakar in sitting and standing positions are kept on either side of the mandapam.
Suprabhatam is a ritual performed every day in the Tirumamani Mandapam, in front of the Bangaru Vakili.
In 2012, its recorded that as many as 3,768 pilgrims including 875 women on Saturday began their journey to attend St. Antony's Church festival here.According to sources, in 2012, as many as 35 country boats and 106 mechanized boats ferried the pilgrims, mostly from Rameswaram, Thangatchimadam and Mandapam.
Vasanthotsavam: During the annual festival, the idols of Lord Krishna and Rukmini join Malayappa swami and consorts and Rama idol on the third day on a procession around the four streets surrounding the temple and returned to the vasanta mandapam.