Saint Thomas -- Sites in Chennai

The cave where the disciple Thomas hid until his martyrdom is a shrine in Chennai.

Also, the site where Thomas was martyred is a cathedral. His bones are in Rome at the Vatican, but his ashes are in the cathedral in Chennai.

 

Monument marker of the cave where the Apostle Thomas hid before being martyred, in Chennai

 

Inside the cave where the Apostle Thomas hid before being martyred, in Chennai

 

Well that supplied water to the Apostle Thomas while he hid in a cave before being martyred -- the water is reported to have healing "power"

 

Outside the cathedral and shrine where the ashes of the Apostle Thomas are located in Santhome, Chennai

 

Outside the cathedral and shrine where the ashes of the Apostle Thomas are located in Santhome, Chennai

 

Inside the cathedral (upper/ground level) and shrine where the ashes of the Apostle Thomas are located in Santhome, Chennai

 

Inside the cathedral (lower level) and shrine where the ashes of the Apostle Thomas are located in Santhome, Chennai -- mass in progress

 

The ashes of the Apostle Thomas are located in Santhome, Chennai -- the ashes are in a lower level of the cathedral (the bones are in Rome)

 

One of the spires of the cathedral and shrine to the Apostle Thomas in Santhome, Chennai

 

One of the spires of the cathedral and shrine to the Apostle Thomas in Santhome, Chennai