| ?Santhome Chennai • Tamil Nadu • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| District(s) | Chennai District |
| Planning Agency | CMDA |
| Codes • Pincode |
• 600004 |
| Website: Chennai District website | |
Coordinates: Santhome is a locality in Chennai in India. Tamil Nadu ( Tamil:, Country of the Tamils, t̪ɐmɨɻ n̪aːɽɯ is one of the 28 states of India. India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Indian Standard Time ( IST) is the time observed throughout India and Sri Lanka, with a Time offset of UTC+530. UTC+530 is the Timezone for Indian Standard Time Sri Lanka Time A district is an administrative division of an Indian state or territory. The Chennai District is a district in the state of Tamil Nadu, in India. The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority ( CMDA) is the nodal planning agency within the Chennai Metropolitan Area. A Postal Index Number or PIN or Pincode is the post office numbering or Post code system used by India Post the Indian Postal A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. The word Santhome is derived from Saint Thomas, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ. Thomas the Apostle, also called Judas Thomas, Doubting Thomas, or Didymus, was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) Christians believe that apostle St. A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth Thomas came to India in A. D. 52 and was martyred in A. D. 72 and was buried in Mylapore. Mylapore ( Tamil:மயிலாப்பூர் is the cultural hub, and a bustling neighborhood just south of Chennai (formerly Madras A church was built over the tomb of the Saint and the area near the church is known as Santhome Church. San Thome Basilica is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Santhome, in the city of Chennai ( Madras) India. Santhome is a part of Mylapore in Chennai city ( old Madras) in India. Santhome Cathedral Basilica is wrongly believed to be one among the three churches built over the tomb of an apostle. The Latin word basilica (derived from Greek, Basiliké Stoà, Royal Stoa) was originally used to describe a Roman The Twelve Apostles (Greek apostolos, "someone sent out" e The other two churches built over the tomb of an apostle are St. Peter's Basilica at Rome, Italy and the Saint James the great at Santiago, Spain Santiago de Compostela. The Basilica of Saint Peter (Basilica Sancti Petri officially known in Italian as the Basilica di San Pietro in Vaticano and commonly known as St Santiago de Compostela (also Saint James of Compostela is the capital of the autonomous community of Galicia and a UNESCO World The Cathedral itself was built on the site where once stood the Kapaleeshwarar temple. Portuguese as part of their beastly act of inquisition destroyed the great ancient temple and built this church.
Popularly known as Santhome Church, the International Shrine of St. Thomas Basilica has an underground tomb chapel where the pilgrims can pray in front of the sepulchre of St. Thomas. Marco Polo the great Venetian traveller visited the tomb in 1292 and recorded about the tomb in his travel diaries. Marco Polo ( September 15 1254 – January 9 1324 at earliest but no later than June 1325 was a Venetian trader and explorer People wrongly believed that the sand taken from the tomb of St. Thomas has miraculous healing powers.
"The Christians who go thither in pilgrimage take of the earth from the place where the saint was killed(or buried), and give a portion thereof to anyone who is sick of a quartan or a tertian fever ; and by the power of God and of St. Thomas the sick man is incontinently cured. "--Travels of Marco Polo Vol. The Travels of Marco Polo is the usual English title of Marco Polo 's travel book nicknamed Il Milione ( The Million II by Yule Edited by Cordier.
Faithful had been to wait long years to get a little sand known as St. Thomas sand from the tomb,as the tomb had had been opening very infrequently and with long intervals of few hundred years.
In view of the convenience of the pilgrims and St. Thomas Christians the church has made a beautiful credit card like St. Thomas Card [1] with a little of the St. Thomas sand embedded in it. This can be carried easily like a credit card in the wallet or purse.
Santhome has few premier educational institutions. Rosary Matriculation School, St. Bedes School, Santhome Higher Secondary school, St. Raphels School and Dominic Savio School are some of them. The official residence of the Archbishop of the Madras - Mylapore Archdiocese is also in Santhome adjacent to Santhome Basilica. The consular office of Russia and Spain is also in this area. The Santhome high Road stretches from the light house side of the famous Marina beach and goes through in front of the St. The Marina Beach is a beach situated along a 12 km shoreline in the city of Chennai, India along the Bay of Bengal, part of the Indian Ocean Thomas basilica towards Adayar. Adyar or Adayar is a large neighborhood south of Chennai (previously Madras in the state of Tamil Nadu in India Some of the busses plying through Santhome include 6A, 6D, 12B, 21B, 21D, 21E, 21L, 27D, PP51, PP19, PP21 and PP66.
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