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Curusadi St. Antony's Church

Coordinates: 8°09′25″N 77°24′40″E / 8.1570°N 77.4110°E / 8.1570; 77.4110
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St. Antony's Church, Kurusady
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8°09′25″N 77°24′40″E / 8.1570°N 77.4110°E / 8.1570; 77.4110
AddressKurusady, Nagercoil, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu
Country India
DenominationCatholic Church

Kurusady St. Antony's Church, which is believed to be 400 years old, is near Nagercoil on the southern tip of India. It was said that a Hindu Nadar found a stone with a cross embossed on it. He had dreams and received orders from a form of light to build a church. Worship began in a humble manner and the place came to be called Curusadi ("Curusu" is the Tamil word for cross). Later on, after 21 years of construction, a new church came into being in 1911.

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  • Tourist Guide to Tamil Nadu. Sura Books. 2010. pp. 124–. ISBN 978-81-7478-177-2.