Wednesday, July 16, 2014
BASILICA OF OUR LADY OF DOLOURS (PUTHEN PALLY)
Basilica of Our Lady of Dolours (Puthan Pally) is claimed to be the biggest and tallest church in Asia, situated in the heart of the city of Thrissur in the Kerala state of south India. It is famous for its Gothic style architecture 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 India and its exuberant interior decorations include fine specimens of murals, images of saints and scenes from the scriptures. An array of 15 altars and musical church bells imported from Germany. The ceiling is decorated with marvellous mural paintings of the holy trinity. Look for the pulpit and the throne used by Pope John Paul II during his visit in 1986.The construction of this biggest church in India was done in different phases, started in the year 1929. The two front towers are of 146 feet (45 m) height each and the central tower of 260 feet (79 m) height makes this church as tallest in Asia. Completion of the towers were an architectural challenge. Few experts from TamilNadu were brought over. Architect who completed the church was Ambrose Gounder.
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Child rescued from borewell
A three-year old boy was rescued from an abandoned 450 feet deep borewell near Denkanikottai on Sunday evening.
A. Guna (3) fell into the bore well at around 10 a.m. on Sunday morning in a rose nursery in Kummalathur near Agalakottai in Denkanikottai taluk in Krishnagiri district owned by his father Anandan (25).
Mr. Anandan had arranged to dig up a borewell on Saturday. But he failed to get water and left home in the evening.
As usual he along with his wife Ms. A. Padma (22) went to the nursery with their children A. Pooja (4) and A.Guna (3). When the couple were working inside the nursery, the boy slipped into the well suddenly while playing with his sister Pooja. On seeing his brother slipping into the bore well, the girl alerted her parents.
The couple immediately sought the help of local people and police to rescue the child. As the news spreads like wildfire, the Fire and Rescue personnel were summoned by the police and the revenue authorities.
Personnel from Fire and Rescue department rushed to the spot at around 11.30 p.m. and started the rescue operations with the help two numbers of JCBs.
Mr. M. Dakshinamoorthy, Divisional Officer, Krishnagiri district reached the spot around 12 p.m. from Krishnagiri. Before reaching the spot, he gave instructions to his team about the rescue operations while traveling in his official jeep.
As the JCBs were involved in the process, the boy was sighted. The team rescued the boy with a minor scratch on his legs.
A team of medical experts headed by Dr. G. Rajkumar from Denkanikottai Government Hospital gave him first aid. Later, the boy was sent to Government Hospital in Hosur for further treatment.
The boy was responding well to treatment, hospital sources said.
Baby Elephant Cries For 5 Hours After Mom Attacks, Rejects Him
A baby elephant cried for five hours after his own mother attacked and abandoned him at a zoo in China.
Shortly after the mother elephant gave birth to the calf in August at the Shendiaoshan Wild Animal Nature Reserve in Rongcheng, China, she stepped on him, according to Metro U.K. Veterinarians hoped it was an accident and treated the baby before returning him to the mother, but he was attacked again. So they removed him from her.
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