[1] Around 200 years ago, a farmer ploughing his field in Dornahalli unearthed a wooden statue of St. Anthony of Padua.

[2] the farmer built a small place of worship in honour of the saint.

This church in the shape of a Tau (English alphabet T) cross and can accommodate a thousand people.

It also houses a small relic of St. Anthony brought from Italy.

Pope Francis granted the title of Minor Basilica to the shrine through a decree dated 17 October 2019.