This church has contributed a lot to the Catholic society by providing people to holy service.

The Jesuit missionaries preached in Kaveripatinam, Agaram-Barur, Maruderi, Uthankarai-Kanampatti, Maliampatti, Nellimarathupatti, Krishnagiri-Vennampalli, Mottur, and Anganamalai, which led to many people converting to the Catholics.

After the decline of Tipu Sultan in this region, Paris missionaries invited Catholics to settle from the above-mentioned village to Elathagiri.

[2] In 1784, Thottam Chinnappan family from Nellimarathupatti settled in this village, according to the book Saruthira Surukkam,[3] written by Salem diocesan priests.

After that, Chapels in Elathagiri, Krishnagiri, and Krishnakuppam became sub-stations of Kovilur, Thirupattur Parish.

Infected people went to the rock next to the village and started praying; after the prayers, they were cured.

A chapel was built on the rock later, which evolved into a church, known as Paara Kovil by the locals.

On 19 March 1904, Pondicherry FIHM sisters settled in Elathagiri in a house and began their missionary service.

Joshua, in 1954 they built a hospital and started the service and in 1957 they opened a girl's hostel.