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Our Lady of Fatima Shrine in Krishnagiri, Tamil Nadu, is a Catholic church and the main parish church for the region, under the Dharmapuri Diocese. It was planned in the 1950s because the older St. Ignatius Church in Oldpet had become too small, and public contributions and a donation from the actor Chandrababu helped pay for it. The first mass was held on 11 September 1972.
The Fatima Mary statue inside comes from Fátima in Portugal, and the annual feast on the Sunday after 13 July is well known in the town. Preaching is in Tamil. A renovation begun in 2020 was delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, and services resumed on 13 May 2023. The St. Ignatius church, whose origins go back to a chapel built with the help of British soldiers, reopened in 2017 with a Monday evening mass.
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Where it is
12.53° N 78.22° E