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The National Shrine Basilica of Our Lady of Ransom aka Vallarpadam Basilica (Malayalam: വല്ലാര്‍പാടം പള്ളി, Cochin Portuguese: Basílica de Nossa Senhora do Resgate) located in Vallarpadam, a suburb in Ernakulam, in the city of Kochi, is a minor Basilica and a major Christian pilgrimage centre in India. Around 5 million people visit the Basilica every year. It is the most important Marian Shrine in India. People from all parts of the world irrespective of caste or creed go to the church to seek the blessings of Mary, the mother of Jesus, popularly known as "Vallarpadathamma".

The picture of Mary and Infant Jesus, installed at the top of the main altar of the Vallarpadam Church, was brought by Portuguese merchants under the leadership of Vasco Da Gama in 1524. In 1676 the old Church, which was known as the Church of the Holy Spirit, founded by the Portuguese missionaries, was destroyed by a heavy flood, and the picture was found floating in the backwaters. Nobody except Paliyath Raman Valiyachan, the Prime Minister of Maharaja of Cochin, could recover it. The present church at Vallarpadamis built on land donated by Paliyath Raman Valiyachan. A sanctuary lamp which he donated has been burning day and night from 1676 onwards in his honour.

In May 1752 a miracle is believed to have taken place which made Vallarpadam a centre of pilgrimage. In Vallarpadam there was a young Nair Lady named Meenakshi Amma, who was a member of a noble family called Palliyil Veedu. Together with her son she was sailing to Mattancherry. There arose a storm and the boat capsized. Meenakshi Amma and her son went deep down into the backwater. She promised to devote the rest of her life to Mary’s service if she and her child were saved. It was a promise she kept. On the third day, as per instructions in a dream, the parish priest asked the fishermen to cast net in the river, and Meenakshi Amma and her son were rescued. After her death, the church put up the picture of Meenakshiamma and her child alongside the painting of Mary

O God, Who through the most glorious Mother of Your Son were pleased to give new children to Your Church for the deliverance of Christ’s faithful from the power of the heathen; grant, we beg You, that we who affectionately honor her as the Foundress of so great a work, may by her merits and intercession, be delivered from all sin and bondage of hell. Through the same Christ Our Lord, Amen.

Our Lady of Ransom, Pray for us.

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Kerala's sword-fighting granny - Meet Meenakshi Amma, the 78-year-old Kalaripayattu Master #MeenakshiAmma #Kalaripayattu

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Can You Bend it Like Nannammal, the 97-Year-Old Yoga Instructor?

By Sharanya Gopinathan

Still from Youtube

V. Nannammal is reportedly India’s oldest yoga teacher, which is very likely true, as she’s 97-years-old. She’s also believed to be the yoga teacher with the highest number of students, with over 1 million students. Watching any kind of yoga video usually makes me feel a bit horrible about unfit self, but Nannammal’s videos feel almost bizarre, given the ease with which the nonagenarian contorts herself into the most complex and knotty-looking positions.

She lives in Coimbatore, and has been practising yoga all her life. All her family members both practice and teach yoga. This report by Onmanorama lists out a few of her daily habits, including waking up at 4.30 AM and drinking a half-litre of water, giving yoga lessons from 7 AM to 10 AM, ragi porridge for breakfast (which she says is good for old people, unlike fast food, which she believes is ‘a main reason for all kinds of illnesses’. She has some form of spinach with her lunch, and finishes dinner, which consists of half a cup of milk and honey with some fruits, by 7.30 PM. I don’t think I will ever be able to do any of these things, but it’s always good to know.

Nannammal also performs a martial art form called Silambattam or Vadithallu (stick fighting), which of course reminds us of Kerala’s Meenakshiamma, the world’s oldest teacher of the traditional Kerala martial arts form, Kalaripayattu.

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via bbc:

A 73-year-old grandmother in Kerala in Southern India has become a social media star after appearing in a video in which she demonstrated her martial arts prowess.

Now Meenakshi Amma is passing on her skills to a younger generation, including increasing numbers of girls who are learning how to defend themselves...

Watch the sword-fighting granny show the young how its done here.