page_title: Athirampuzha
section_title: St. Mary's Forane Church
hierarchical_section_title: Athirampuzha / St. Mary's Forane Church
context_page_description: Athirampuzha is a town in Kottayam district of Kerala state, South India. It is famous because the Mahatma Gandhi University is situated here. Athirampuzha is situated 10 km north of Kottayam town, 3 km from Ettumanoor and from Main Central Road S.H.1 of Kerala.
context_section_description: The forane church of Athirampuzha, a world renowned pilgrim centre of St.Sebastian is dedicated to Blessed Virgin Mary. This church about 10 km from Kottayam has been the hub of Christian life in and around central Kerala from early 9th century. This is one of the biggest parishes of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archeparchy of Changanassery. It consists of almost 2500 families and the total number of the faithful exceeds 10000.
caption: St. Mary's Forane Church of Athirampuzha, altar
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