Marthoma Pontifical Shrine

The Marthoma Pontifical Shrine is located at Azhikode, about 45 kms from Thrissur. This Church is built with colonnades and modeled after St Peter’s Basilica in Rome. The Church was erected to commemorate the lading of St Thomas in India in 52 AD. The painting inside clearly depicts the scene of the arrival of St Thomas.

The bone of the right arm of St Thomas is preserved as a relic in this Church. It was deposited in a separate shrine built here within a short duration of just 90 days in 1953.