RELIC OF DL.DEVASAHAYM PILLAI IN CUSTODY OF THE APOSTOLATE
VISUAL TREAT OF PLACES ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEATH AND TOMB OF BLESSED DEVASAHAYAM PILLAI, MARTYR IN DEVASAHAYAM MOUNT AND KOTTAR CATHEDRAL
ENTRANCE TO HIS HOLY MOUNT WHERE HE DIED ON 14TH OF JANUARY 1752
THIS CHAPEL WELCOMES THE VISITORS AT THE ENTRANCE
RIGHT SIDE OF THE CHAPEL IS THE PLACE WHERE THE MORTAL REMAINS OF DEVASAHAYAM WAS FOUND AFTER 5 DAYS OF HIS MARTYRDOM
AS WE CLIMB UP THE STAIRS IN THE MOUNTAIN, WE COME ACROSS THE PLACE WHERE HE PRAYED JUST BEFORE HIS MARTYRDOM..
IMPRINTS OF HIS KNEE AND ELBOW ON THE ROCK
NEXT WE CLIMB THE SID ROCK WHERE WE CAME ACROSS THIS STONE CROSS MARKING THE SITE OF HIS HOLY MARTYRDOM.
THE HOLY HILL OF MARTYRDOM,NEAR THE CHAPEL IS THE PLACE WHERE HIS BODY WAS FOUND AND ABOVE IT IS THE PLACE OF HIS DEATH. THE BANYAN TREE IS THE TREE WHICH PROVIDED SHADE TO THE BODY OF BL.PILLAI FOR 5 DAYS
TRADITION SAYS THAT THE BRANCH THAT GAVE SHADE TO THE HOLY BODY BECAME PALE IN COLOR AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICTURES
TORTURES SUFFERED BY Bl.DEVASAHAYAM PILLAI
STONE CARVING IN THE MOUNT OF MARTYRDOM
ROCK THAT ANNOUNCED HIS DEATH TO THE PEOPLE
EVEN NOW THIS ROCK PRODUCES METALLIC BELL SOUND WHEN HIT WITH A STONE. THIS ROCK DISPATCHED FROM THE MAIN ROCK AND GAVE A BELL LIKE SOUND ANNOUNCING THE HOLY DEATH OF DEVASAHAYAM PILLAI
DOWN THE HOLY MOUNT IS THE SHRINE OF OUR LADY OF SORROWS AND BL.DEVASAHAYAM PILLAI THAT TAKES CARE OF THE MOUNT OF THIS BLESSED
STATURE AND BONE RELIC OF BLESSED DEVASAHAYAM IN THE SHRINE
CHURCH OF ST.FRANCIS XAVIER CATHEDRAL, KOTTAR WHICH CONTAINS THE TOMB OF BL.DEVASAHAYAM PILLAI
MAIN ALTAR OF ST.FRANCIS XAVIER
TOMB OF THE GREAT MARTYR IN THE CHURCH IN FRONT OF THE ALTAR
HIS BONE RELIC IN HIS TOMB
STATUE USED IN HIS BEATIFICATION CAN BE SEEN NEAR HIS TOMB
CHAPEL BELIEVED TO BE ERECTED BY ST.FRANCIS XAVIER IN THE CATHEDRAL- THIS HOLDS THE TABERNACLE OF THE CATHEDRAL
PHOTO FRAME IN THE CATHEDRAL SHOWING PARTS OF THE INCORRUPT BODY OF ST.FRANCIS XAVIER
FOR MORE ON BL.DEVASAHAYAM PILLAI : www.martyrdevasahayam.org/
SPECIAL RELICS COLLECTED FOR DISTRIBUTION TO FRIENDS OF THE APOSTOLATE
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