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unusual facts about St. Antony's shrine, Kachchatheevu


Kachchatheevu

St. Antony's shrine is one of a kind which shares the borders of both countries India and Sri Lanka, and declared holy place by Sri Lankan Government.


2007 Military World Games

The Defence Minister of India, Shri A. K. Antony declared the games closed at the G. M. C. Balayogi Athletic Stadium

HAL Dhruv

In October 2008, Defence Minister A. K. Antony announced that the Indian Navy will deploy the Dhruv in the utility role.

Michael Beschloss

He has served as a historian at the Smithsonian Institution, a Senior Associate Member at St. Antony's College (University of Oxford), a Visiting Scholar at the Harvard University Russian Research Center, a Senior Fellow of the Annenberg Foundation and a Montgomery Fellow and Dorsett Fellow at Dartmouth College.

Pazhuvil

Antony's Foraine Church is a Catholic church and the first church in India named after St. Antony.

Project 17A-class frigate

According to the Indian Minister of Defence A. K. Antony, negotiations for the contract of the seven stealth frigates are ongoing, four of which will be constructed by Mazagon Dock Ltd in Mumbai and three by Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers in Kolkata.

Sam Willetts

His father Harry Willetts was a noted scholar and translator of Russian at St. Antony's College, Oxford.

St. Antony's Forane Church

The church was blessed in June 13, 1722 by the Mar Antony Pimentel, Metropolitan and Gate of All India or known as Kodungallur Bishop with Johann Ernst Hanxleden famously known as Arnos Paathiri.

When Thrissur Vicariate Apostolic was erected in 1887, Ollur was the richest, most populous, and influential parish, so much that the Vicar of the Ollur parish and a priest from the parish were included in Adolph Medlycott's four-member diocesan apex council.

St. Antony's Matriculation Higher Secondary School

Visiting of Buddhist monks and gave a lecture about Hiroshima and Nagasaki atom bomb incident.

St. Antony's shrine, Kachchatheevu

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.

As many as 35 country boats and 106 mechanized boats ferried the pilgrims, mostly from Rameswaram.

No one was required to possess Indian passport or Sri Lankan visa for visiting Kachchatheevu.


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