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Basilica of Our Lady of Dolours, Trissur
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Our Lady of Dolours Basilica alias Puthanpally is a minor basilica of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in Thrissur City in the Indian state of Kerala. The third tallest church in Asia, it is famous for its Gothic style architecture.The parish and original church building were established in 1814. It was Thrissur's first Christian church inside the fortgates (Ollur Syro-Malabar church estd.in AD 1718, daughter church of Pazhuvil church,is the first Christian church in the Thrissur Municipal Corporation). It was a center for the St. Thomas Christians in the area (now the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church) for decades. In 1874, the Chaldean Catholic bishop Elias Mellus arrived in India by the request of the Syro-Malabar Christians and convinced a large part of the Christian community to accept him as their bishop.The original church was renamed the Mart Mariam Big Church, and is now the cathedral of the Chaldean Syrian Church. The current building is known as Puthanpally (New Church) for this reason.
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Basilica of Our Lady of Dolours, Trissur
Pallikkulam, Thrissur, Kerala 680001
