Periyanayagi Madha Shrine, Konankuppam

Periyanayagi Madha shrine is a Roman Catholic church, dedicated to St. Mary, mother of Jesus; constructed by an Italian missionary, Fr.

[3] Once Konankuppam was a forest place, where people from Mugasaparur the nearby village brought their flocks for grazing.

Beschi, brought two statues of Mother Mary to consecrate at Elakurichi (Thirukavalur), where he worked.

Beschi happened to hear about the miracle, came to Konankuppam and saw the small chapel built for the Mother Mary statue he lost.

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 the native dress of Tamil Nadu and bearing the child Jesus in her arms, fashioned after a model he had made.