Phirangipuram
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| ?Phirangipuram Andhra Pradesh • India |
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| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| District(s) | Guntur |
| Subdistrict | Phirangipuram |
Coordinates: Phirangipuram is a village and a mandal in Guntur district in the state of Andhra Pradesh in India. [1]
[edit] Geography
Phirangipuram is located at .[2].
CATHOLIC VILLAGE
Phirangipuram is significant and unique due to the reason that its history of Origin of Catholic Chrisitianity in this village.
Deity worshipped Mary Matha (Puneeta Annamamma Mata)
Special Prayers On Christmas, Good Friday & Easter Day
Best Season Throughout the year
How to Reach Phirangipuram is situated at a distance of 22 km from Guntur and 24 km from Narsaraopeta. Phirangipuram is well connected by rail and road and there are frequent buses from Narsaraopeta and Guntur. Private transport is also available.
[edit] References
- ^ List of Sub-Districts. Census of India. Retrieved on 2007-04-27.
- ^ Falling Rain Genomics, Inc - Phirangipuram
The headman of Madigubba village in Ananthapur district, Thumma Hanumantha Reddy, was dying of an incurable disease. Madigubba is 30 kilometers away from Krishnapuram. A Catholic, Rangappa of Krishnapuram who happened to visit him informed him about Fr Le Gac. On Rangappa's advice Hanumantha Reddy's brother Kondappa Reddy met Fr Le Gac a Jesuit missionary at Krishnapuram and returned with his permission to bring his brother to him. Fr Le Gac agreed but warned the man saying “Our profession is not to administer medicine but to instruct in the law of God,”
Kondappa returned home and took his brother and family to Fr Le Gac. Reddy told Fr Le Gac that he is looking to live in the faith and to be a follower of Christ and not interested in earthly life. As his end drew near, Hanumantha Reddy asked Fr Gac for baptism. Fr Le Gac baptized him along with his family, giving him the name Rayapa Reddy(Peter-the Corner Stone) in September 1715.
After the death of Rayappa Reddy on December 24 in 1715 the whole family went back to their village. Through their efforts many people of the village were instructed faith and Fr Le Gac visited the village and 30 people were baptized. As they grew in number they decided to construct a church in the village and they approached the local ruler of Ananthapur and obtained permission for the construction.
Fr Carron another Jesuit Missionary joined Fr Le Gac to preach for Reddies but died on July 28 in 1721 while ministering the Cholera victims at Krishnapuram.
