Although at the time the church was built, the locality was a thick forest, now it is part of a bustling metropolitan area.

Arrival of Christianity in India is of two phases, where by traditional accounts, St. Thomas brought the religion in the first century and attained martyrdom in Chennai in AD 53.

The Friars that in honour of their safe arrival to the land, built the Church of Our Lady of Light (Portuguese: Nossa Senhora da Luz).

[2] During the times of Haider Ali's invasion of the city forts between 1780 and 1782, the British East India Company Forces occupied the Luz Parish Residence for some years.

[5] The architecture of the building consists of patterns of Gothic arches, Baroque ornamentation compounded with classical European style.

Luz church represents one of the many attempts made by these people to leave their identity in far-off places.

[6] The feast of Our Lady of Light is celebrated on 15 August every year [7] which is also the day of Indian independence and hence a national holiday.