The Madre-de-Deus church at Vettucaud, popularly known as Vettucaud Palli (Palli means church in Malayalam) is situated about seven kilometres away from Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) city, Kerala, India.
The annual festival of the church called 'Feast of Christ, the King', is a grand event attended by thousands of devotees. The ten-day feast falls during the third Sunday of November.
Festivities
Special prayers are held on all the festival days. The statue of 'Christ the King' is taken out in a procession on the eve of the main day.
The colourful procession is first led to the nearby Kannathurai church and from there proceeds to another church situated at Kochuveli, another coastal village. From here the procession finally returns to the Madre-de-deus church.
The festivities would draw to a close with the High Mass led by the Most Reverent Arch Bishop of Latin Arch Diocese, Thiruvananthapuram.
Vettucaud, where the church is situated is a coastal village. The church is believed to have been established by St. Francis Xavier, the Jesuit missionary who came to India to spread the gospel is believed to have established the church.
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