The tallest Bible tower of Asia, attached to the Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Dolours here, has become one of the major pilgrim tourist attractions in the state, visited by people from around the world including Europe.
According to Fr George Manadan, Rector and Vicar of the Basilica, the church founded in 1925 was one of the biggest Christian shrines in Asia covering a plinth area of 25,000 sq ft.
The Bible tower commands a height of 260 ft and about 500 to 600 pilgrims visit the Basilica and the tower daily, Fr Manadan told a press meet on Thursday.
The four-day long annual festival of the Basilica would begin on Friday with a high mass led by Major Archbishop Baselios Mar Cleemis of the Syro Malankara Catholic Church.
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