St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral
St. Francis Xavier's Cathedral, Kottar, also known as St. Xavier Church, is a Roman Catholic Latin Rite shrine in Kottar, Nagercoil, in the Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu state, India.Photo: Infocaster, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Description: building in India
- Also known as: “St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral, Kottar”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Nagercoil Junction railway station and Nagaraja Temple.
Nagercoil Junction railway station
Railway station
Photo: Kkdrua, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nagercoil Junction railway station is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway junction in Kanyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu. Nagercoil Junction railway station is situated 580 metres east of St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral.
Nagaraja Temple
Hindu temple
Nagaraja Temple is an early large temple found in the city of Nagercoil near the southern tip of Tamil Nadu, India. Its dating is uncertain but likely pre-12th-century. Nagaraja Temple is situated 1½ km northwest of St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral.
Nagercoil Clock Tower
Clock
Photo: Infocaster, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Nagercoil Clock Tower, also known as also known as Nagercoil Tower Junction, is situated in the heart of the city of Nagercoil, India. The clock in the tower was presented to the Maharajah of Travancore by the European missionary, Rev. Nagercoil Clock Tower is situated 1¼ km northwest of St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kottar and Nagercoil.
Kottar
Suburb
Kottar is a locality and a bazaar area of Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu state, in the southernmost part of Peninsular India. It is the original town around which the city of Nagercoil grew and was an ancient trade centre of both Pandyans and Cheras at various times.
Nagercoil
Photo: Meenkulambu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nagercoil, natively spelt as Nāgarkovil, is a municipal corporation and the administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District in Tamil Nadu state, India.
Vadasery
Suburb
Photo: Meenkulambu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vadasery is an area/village of Nagercoil city in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is also famous for its Christopher bus stand, one of the two bus termini in Nagercoil is located here.
St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral
- Categories: Catholic cathedral, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Agastheeswaram, Kanniyakumari, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
8.17483° or 8° 10′ 29″ northLongitude
77.43866° or 77° 26′ 19″ eastOpen location code
6JWV5CFQ+WFOpenStreetMap ID
way 253350928OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q7592169
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In Other Languages
From Indonesian to Tamil—“St. Francis Xavier’s Cathedral” goes by many names.
- Indonesian: “Katedral Kottar”
- Malayalam: “സെന്റ് ഫ്രാൻസിസ് സേവ്യേഴ്സ് കത്തീഡ്രൽ, കോട്ടർ”
- Spanish: “Catedral de San Francisco Javier”
- Tamil: “புனித சவேரியார் பேராலயம், கோட்டாறு”
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