Vadakkankulam

Vadakkankulam
Town
Vadakangulam
Nickname:  Vadavai
Vadakkankulam Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Coordinates: 8°16′N77°36′E / 8.267°N 77.600°E / 8.267; 77.600
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tirunelveli
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	627116
Telephone code	04637
Vehicle registration	TN-72
Lok Sabha constituency	Tirunelveli
Vidhan Sabha constituency	Radhapuram

Vadakkankulam is a small town in Radhapuram Taluka, Tirunelveli District of Tamil Nadu state, India. ^[1] It was the home of S. A. Raja. Notable attraction is the Holy Family Church, which was built in 1779.

Religion

Vadakankulam is the first parish of the interior area that joined the Pearl Fishery Coast mission and it was the last parish of the south western border of the Madurai mission. St. Devasahayam, the layman saint of India was Baptised in Vadakangulam in the Year 1744.

St. John de Britto who was on horse journey accosted the four Catholic families here who had come from the village of Thoppuvilai in 1600. He built a small thatched church dedicated to the Holy family in 1605. As many Catholic families from elsewhere settled down here, it became part of Nemam mission belonging to the Jesuit province of Cochin.

Chapels:

• St. Michael church, Michaelpalayam, 1910.
• Our Lady's church (Arputha Matha), Bajanaimadam, 1861.
• Our Lady of Sorrows church, Cemetery, 1861.

References

1. "Basic Population Figures of India, States, Districts, Sub-District and Village, 2011". censusindia.gov.in. Ministry of Home Affairs. 2011. Archived from the original on 11 July 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2025.