KORATTY MUTHY PRAY FOR US

Annual Feast

Every year Annual Feast is celebrated on Saturday and Sunday following 10th of October, and Octave on next Saturday and Sunday.

From 1st October onwards the faithful gather in the church and chapels and pray the Holy Rosary most devoutedly for the success of the feast and to get blessings of Koratty Muthy. In between the feast and the Octave a candle procession is taken out around the church praying Rosary. The feast of Koratty Muthy is a Local Festival for all the people irrespective of caste and creed.

Mar Varkey Cardinal Vithayathil
lights the candle in the begnining
of solemn divine liturgy

The procession with band, drum beats and adorned umbrella attract people during the festival. It is a moving scene when the devotees crawl on their knees, pay respect to Holy Mother, Koratty Muthy. Every day during the feast days there is the blessings of vehicles. And everyday Novena is conducted for special intentions.

10 to 15 lakhs of devotees visit this Holy Shrine during the festival days