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| name = Konankuppam<br />
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| subdivision_name = India<br />
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|State]]<br />
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts in India|District]]<br />
| subdivision_name2 = [[Cuddalore]]<br />
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'''Konankuppam''' is a small village situated in the [[Cuddalore]] district of [[Tamil Nadu]] in [[India]]. It is the place where [[Constanzo Beschi|Rev. Fr. Joseph Beschi]] also famously known as [[Constanzo Beschi|Veeramamunivar]] wrote the [[Thembavani]] in [[Tamil language|Tamil]].<ref>{{Cite web|title = Faith Blog: My God and My All, Let Thy Name Be Glorified!: Thembavani: A rare Tamil Poetry book written by Rev. Fr. Beschi ( Veeramamunivar)|url = http://maryfaithblogcom.blogspot.in/2015/06/thembavani-rare-tamil-poetry-book.html|website = maryfaithblogcom.blogspot.in|access-date = 2016-01-20}}</ref><br />
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== Perianayagi Madha ==<br />
===History===<br />
The [[Peria Nayagi]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pondyarchdiocese.org.in/konankuppam.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-11-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100118155900/http://www.pondyarchdiocese.org.in/konankuppam.htm |archivedate=2010-01-18 }}</ref> [[Shrine]] was constructed by the great missionary [[Constanzo Beschi]].<br />
[[File:Periya Nayagi Shrine.JPG|thumbnail|right|200px|Periya Nayagi Shrine]]<br />
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The place where the shrine is located was once a forest place in Mugasaparur at Konankuppam. People used to come here for feeding their flocks. There were many trees and bushes here. In the 17th century, the Italian priest and a great missionary, Fr. Beschi, brought two statues of [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Mother Mary]] to be kept in the place where he worked, namely [[Elakuruchi]] / Thirukavalur (now in [[Kumbakonam]] Diocese). He preached all over Tamil Nadu and on the way to his place he happened to pass over this forest and due to tiredness he slept under a tree with the two statues. The boys who were looking after the cattle playfully hid one of the statues behind the bush. Fr. Beschi was shocked to know that one statue was missing and went to his place sadly. <br />
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[[File:Periya Nayagi.JPG|thumbnail|right|200px|Periya Nayagi]]<br />
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There was a man called [[Kachirayar]] the Zamindar of Mugasaparur. He had no child. Every day he used to pray to God. One day Mary appeared to him in his dream and said, "Kachirayar, I'm alone in the forest. If you build a chapel for me, I'll give a child to you." After saying this she disappeared. Hearing this he was very happy and began to search for the statue in the forest. As they cut the bushes and trees, they found the statue behind a big bush. This statue was placed in the shrine, where it still stands. People constructed a small chapel and placed this statue there and began to worship.<br />
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[[File:Pilgrimer's Kitchen.JPG|thumbnail|200px|Pilgrims' Kitchen]]<br />
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After some time Fr. Beschi happened to hear about this and came to Konankuppam and saw the small chapel built for the statue which he lost once. He was delighted and decided to make Konankuppam his work place. He constructed the shrine with the help of Kachirayar which exists today. It is said to have been the first place of worship he erected, and when it was completed he went to [[Madras]] and asked the Bishop of [[Mylapore]] to procure for him a statue from [[Manila]], an image of the virgin, in native dress of Tamil Nadu and bearing the child Jesus in her arms, fashioned after a model he had made. The image eventually arrived and was set up in the church, where it still is today. <br />
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[[File:Fr Beschi.JPG|thumbnail|right|200px|Fr.Beschi]]<br />
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This life-size statue stands on a pedestal about {{convert|10|ft}} high and is made of wood and painted in bright colours. In honour of it and of the Church, Beschi composed his Tamil poem [[Thembavani]], which vying in length with the [[Iliad]] itself is by for the most celebrated and most voluminous of his works. He completed this work in 1726. The Tamil conference conducted in [[Madurai]] during 1728 - 1729 AD approved his work and published it for the common good.<br />
[[File:Nearbyshrines.JPG|thumbnail|right|200px|Nearby shrines]]<br />
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== Location ==<br />
From [[Chennai]] it is about 200&nbsp;km to reach [[Ulundurpet]] on the Chennai - [[Trichy]] highway. Konankuppam is about 12&nbsp;km from Ulundurpet via [[Mangalampet]]. It is about a 20 minute journey to reach Konankuppam near Mugasaparur (Virdhachalam TK).<br />
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== References ==<br />
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