It has been a pilgrimage centre for over 1000 years.
As such the town had to be an important Byzantine pilgrimage centre.
This has made it an important pilgrimage centre for the Twelvers.
The trust wants to make it a major pilgrimage centre.
This church is one of the famous pilgrimage centers in Kerala.
They believe that it was a pilgrimage center, whose population increased greatly in relation to major ceremonial events.
After this the complex developed as an important pilgrimage centre and the central church was built.
On a hill above the village is a pilgrimage centre with two churches.
Up to 312, Thecla's cave was a secret pilgrimage center.
After his death in 1549, his tomb became a pilgrimage center.