The Immaculate conception is the conception of Mary, the mother of Jesus without any stain of original sin. From the first moment of her existence, she was preserved by God from the lack of sancti...fying grace that afflicts mankind, and that she was instead filled with divine grace. The Church of Our Lady of Immaculate Conception Pullichira, is located in Mayyanad Panchayath, Kollam District. The
Church is situated in a place of scenic beauty on the banks of Pullichira Lake. It is close to Parvoor Lake, which is connected to Arabian Sea. Church is accessible from Kottiyam by 2 km, from Mayyanad by 2 km, from kollam town by 12 km. Festival Day
First Sunday of Malayalam month of Dhanu or Sunday preceding the Christmas. It is a popular annual feast, which attracts devotees from all over Kerala and neighbouring states. Thomas the apostle. The history of Pullichira Mariam devotion dates back to 16 th century AD. The sailors of a Portuguese ship, who were saved from a perilous sea storm through the intercession of our lady had put the statue of virgin Mary in their possession in a box and floated it on the Arabian sea with a resolve to build a church where the box with the statue was washed ashore. It was this miraculous statue that reached the shores of pullichira around 1520 AD. The faithful people of pullichira gladly placed the statue in the then existing small church. Later the Portuguese arrived here and built a church in 1572 AD with a beautifully carved wooden altar, at the top of which they installed the miraculous statue of our lady. The same is preserved intact in this new church built in 1974. The parish was established in 1627 AD. The church was declared a Mariam pilgrimage shrine on December 8th 2004 by Rt. Rev Dr. Stanley Roman, the bishop of Kollam.