ARTHUNKAL FEAST
Saint Andrews Forane Church at Arthunkal, one of the sacred churches in kerala, attracts lakhs of devotees both Christians and non-christians every year from all parts of the state. The feast of St. Sebastian is celebrated on a giant scale for eleven days in a year. Owing to the ummanagable crowding of pilgrims and the resultant confusion on January 20 the final day of the feast, the church authorities have instituted another minor feast on the 8th day after the Principal feast known as Ettamperunnal.
On the 18th day of January as the day dawns and the gates of the Church are opened, lakhs of pilgrims who return from the Shastha Temple at Sabarimala throng to this sacred place, take bath from the tank attached to the church and pay their homage to the saint.
Saint Andrews Forane Church at Arthunkal, one of the sacred churches in kerala, attracts lakhs of devotees both Christians and non-christians every year from all parts of the state. The feast of St. Sebastian is celebrated on a giant scale for eleven days in a year. Owing to the ummanagable crowding of pilgrims and the resultant confusion on January 20 the final day of the feast, the church authorities have instituted another minor feast on the 8th day after the Principal feast known as Ettamperunnal.
On the 18th day of January as the day dawns and the gates of the Church are opened, lakhs of pilgrims who return from the Shastha Temple at Sabarimala throng to this sacred place, take bath from the tank attached to the church and pay their homage to the saint.
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