A hundred years ago | The golden car festival at Tuticorin
This archival piece from 1924 details the upcoming Golden Car Festival of Our Lady of Snows in Tuticorin. It highlights the historical significance of the church and the cultural popularity of the festival among both Catholics and non-Catholics.
Why it matters
It provides historical context on the cultural and religious heritage of Southern India and the longevity of local traditions.
Tuticorin, July 21: The Golden Car Festival of our Lady of Snows will be celebrated this year on the 5th of August. It will be a great occasion in Tuticorin, especially because this festival comes after a lapse of nearly two decades. The Church of our Lady of Snows is one of the few churches in Southern India which can be legitimately called historical. The immense popularity which it has gained not only among Catholics but, strange to say, also among Hindus and other non-Catholics, is due to the miraculous statue which it enshrines as also to its always being associated with the name of St.
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