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How To Get There Air: Nearest Airport is Tiruchirappali (4 Hrs By Bus)
Next nearest Airport is Chennai (9 Hrs By Train)
Rail: Nearest railway station is Nagapattinam (11 kms) Others are
Trichy, Chennai and Thanjavur (89kms)
Road: Buses are available from Chidambaram, Chennai, Madurai,
Pondicherry (4 Hrs), Trichy (141kms) and Thanjavur.
Buses frequently run from Nagapattinam (every 15 minutes). |
Bus Timings SETC - State Express Transport Corporation
( Formerly Thiruvalluvar Transport Corporation )
864 Bangalore 17:30 (s)
864 Bangalore 18:30 (s)
771 Thiruvananthapuram 18:00 (s)
770 Ernakulam 18:30 (s)
724 Coimbatore 20:00
560 Marthandam 19:30 (s)
324 Madras 8:00, 8:15 (s), 9:30,10:30, 20:00, 20:30 (s), 21:30, 22:00
(s) - Super Deluxe
Where there is no indication, the service operated is Semi Deluxe.
Buses to and from Nagapattinam and other nearby localities are operated round the clock between 21:00 and 5:00 the buses are available on an hourly basis only. |
Train Timings Vailankanni Railway Reservation Booking Office
Working Hours : 9.00 to 12.00 & 14:00 to 17:00
Trains operating from Nagapatinam
671 Nagore - Thanjavur Passenger Nagapattinam (D) 6:40 Thanjavur (A) 9:30
677 Nagore - Trichy Passenger Nagapattinam (D) 13:55 Trichy (A) 19:20
675 Nagore - Thanjavur Passenger Nagapattinam (D) 18:05 Thanjavur (A) 21:00
Trains operating to Nagapattinam
672 Trichy - Nagore Passenger Trichy (D) 4:20 Nagapattinam (A) 9:30
678 Thanjavur - Nagore Passenger Thanjavur (D) 10:00 Nagapattinam (A) 15:20
676 Thanjavur - Nagore Passenger Thanjavur (D) 18:15 Nagapattinam (A) 20:37
Southern Railway : Enquiry & status at Nagapattinam Tel. No. : 04365 - 42131 |
Best Time To Get There During Velankanni festival conducted every year:
August 29 to December 8 |
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Church - Campus Map 1 |
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Details of the Vailankanni Sketch |
1. Shrine
Basilica
2. Our Lady of Dolours Church
3. Museum of Offerings
3A. Blessed Oil Counter
3B. Book Stall-Museum Upstairs
4. St. Antony's Qts
5. Shrine Depot (presbytery-groung floor)
6. Presbytery
7. Car & Sapparam Shed
8. Stores
9. Little Flower Qts
10. Fountain
11. Home for the Aged
12. Adoration & Reconciliation chapel
13. Generator Room
14. St. Luke's Qts
15. Infant Jesus Qts
16. Christu Raja Qts with Open Mahal
17. Jubilee Qts
18. Missionaries of Charity Convent
19. DMI Convent
20. Retreat House
21. Institute of Mariology
22. Shrine Public Lavatories
23. Canteen annex
24. Pilgrims rest shelter
25. Our Lady's Tank Church Tower
26. Hall for distribution of holy water
27. Our Lady's Tank Church
28. Our Lady's Tank
29. Depot for religious & Plastic goods
30. Kamarajar road
31. IHM Convent
32. Our Lady of Health Hospital
33. St. Joseph's Church
34. Hr. Sec. School for the Handicapped &
High School for the Hearing-impaired
35. Jesus Convent
36. Karunai Illam
37. Boys Hostel
38. Our Lady of Health Hr. Sec. School
39. St. Joseph's Qts
40. St. Sebastian's Church
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41. Tourist Bus Stand
42. State Express Bus Stand
43. Cemeteries
44. Main Road from the Arch Entrance
45. Town Bus Stand
46. Govt. Primary Health Centre
47. Panchayat Office
48. Market
49. Stations of the Cross
50. Stations of the Rosary
51. Holy Path
52. Shrine Dispensaries
53. St. Xavier's Ground
54. Seven Sacraments
55. St. Xavier Qts
56. Railway Booking Office
57. Shrine Rooms Booking Office
58. Naduthittu Church
59. Our Lady of Health Primary School
60. Indian Overseas Bank
61. Police Station
62. Shrine Community Hall
63. Bon Secours Convent
63A. Girl's Hostel
64. Shrine Road on the west
65. Shrine Open-Auditorium
66. Don Bosco Qts
67. Post Office
68. St. John's Qts
69. Uthariamadha Tourist Hall
70. Uthariamadha Road
71. Uthariamadha Bachelor's Qts
72. Way to the Sea
73. M.M.Qts
74. St. Thomas Qts
75. St. Thomas Annex & Tourist Hall
76. Road on the East of the Shrine
77. Shrine Canteen
78. Shrine Tonsure Hall
79. Road to the Sea
80. Cloak Room
81. Vennaru River
82. Bay of Bengal |
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