Basilica of Our Lady of Dolours, Thrissur
Our Lady of Dolours Basilica alias Puthenpally (Malayalam: പുത്തൻപള്ളി, meaning: New Church) is a minor basilica of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church in Thrissur City in Kerala, India.Built in fine Indo-Gothic style with an area of 25,000 square feet (2,300 m2), it has soaring belfries at the entrance, double-storeyed aisles all along the nave and transepts, and eleven altars, five on either side of the main one.It is the largest church in Kerala and its exuberant interior decorations include fine specimens of murals, icons and statues of saints, and scenes from the Scriptures.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 at the request of the Syro-Malabar Christians and convinced a large part of the Christian community to accept him as their bishop.
ThrissurKeralaDenominationSyro-Malabar Catholic ChurchMinor BasilicaArchitect(s)GothicspiresThrissur DistrictArchdioceseSyro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of ThrissurArchbishopAndrews ThazhathMalayalamchurcharchitectureSaint Antony's Syro-Malabar Church, OllurThrissur Municipal CorporationSt. Thomas ChristiansChaldean CatholicElias MellusChaldean Syrian ChurchMart Mariam Big Church3rd tallest in AsiaTamil NadutranseptsHistoryChera DynastyKingdom of KochiHistory of KeralaSakthan ThampuranKodungalloorCochin Royal FamilyHistory of ThrissurAdministrationCentral Prison, ViyyurThrissur City PoliceThrissur Public LibraryThrissur Metropolitan AreaOllur (Assembly constituency)Thrissur Lok Sabha constituencyThrissur (Assembly constituency)Sakthan Thampuran Bio-Waste Treatment PlantThrissur Urban Development AuthorityThrissur Corporation Electricity DepartmentGeographyThekkinkadu MaidanVadakkechiraVanchikulamPadinjarechiraVilangan HillsPuzhakkal RiverThrissur Kole WetlandsCulturePuli KaliAanayoottuThrissur PooramNaduvil MadhomVadakke MadhomViBGYOR Film FestivalEdakkunni Uthram VilakkuFeast of Saint Raphael, OllurG.Sankara Pillai Cultural ComplexThrissur International Film FestivalInternational Theatre Festival of KeralaThrissur Pooram ExhibitionParamekkavuChembukkavu Bhagavathy TempleKanimangalam Sastha TempleVadakkumnathan TempleThiruvambadi Sri Krishna TemplePanamukkumpally Sastha TemplePoonkunnam Shiva TemplePoonkunnam Seetha Ramaswamy TempleKuttankulangara Sri Krishna TempleEuphrasia EluvathingalSt. Anthony's Forane ChurchBasilica of Our Lady of DoloursOur Lady of Lourdes Metropolitan CathedralTrichur Heart HospitalWestfort HospitalAswini HospitalAyyantholeAranattukaraChiyyaramKannamkulangaraKoorkencheryKottappuramKuriachiraKuttumukkuLaloorMannuthyMission QuartersNadatharaOlarikaraPootholePoonkunnamPullazhiPuzhakkalRamavarmapuramThaloreViyyoorList of hospitals in ThrissurList of people from ThrissurList of Thrissur Corporation wardsEducationUniversity of CalicutKerala University of Health SciencesKerala Agricultural UniversityMaharaja's Technological InstituteGovernment Engineering College, ThrissurVidya Academy of Science and TechnologyGovernment Medical College, ThrissurJubilee Mission Medical College and Research InstituteAmala Institute of Medical SciencesAcademy of climate change education and researchCollege of Fine Arts, ThrissurCollege of HorticultureGovernment Law College, ThrissurKerala Veterinary College, MannuthySt. Thomas College, ThrissurSt. Mary's College, ThrissurSree Kerala Varma CollegeSt. Aloysius College, ThrissurSri C. Achutha Menon Government College