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A short history
Our Lady of Ransom Basilica, Vallarpadam is included here as a source-linked place of Catholic heritage. The directory records the commonly cited foundation or traditional date as 1524; where a date is traditional rather than documented by a surviving foundation record, that wording is kept deliberately.
A national Marian pilgrimage centre on Vallarpadam Island, linked to the Portuguese mission period and a long tradition of devotion to Our Lady of Ransom.
Tradition and welcome
Visitors come here for Mass, prayer, feast-day devotion and the living memory of the local Christian community. Please confirm current Mass times, accessibility and feast arrangements with the parish before travelling.