The Annual Katchatheevu feast will begin today (Saturday) with the participation of a large number of devotees from India and Sri Lanka. The shores of Katchatheevu islet on the Palk Strait will be opened for Indian Fishermen enabling them to attend the three-day St Antony’s Church festival.
The Sri Lanka Navy has made provisions for the required facilities and security for devotees attending the event. Accommodation, sanitary facilities and drinking water will also be provided by the Sri Lanka Navy. Life saving and medical teams are also expected to be deployed of the benefit for the devotees arriving on the island.
Last year feast saw 2,814 devotees arrived from India, who came in 100 boats, and 2,381 Sri Lankan devotees in 208 boats to attend the St Antony’s Church festivities. St Antony’s Catholic Shrine on the island was built by an Indian Catholic called Srinivasa Padaiyachi and named after St Antony, patron-saint of seafarers, to whom the feast is dedicated
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