and Mainguard gate in the foreground Our Lady of Lourdes Church is located opposite to
Main Guard gate in
Trichy, a major City in the
South Indian state of
Tamil Nadu. The church is located in the premises of St. Joseph's College Higher Secondary School, Trichy. The church is decked out in Gallo-Catholic design, from neo-Gothic spires to anguished scenes of crucifixion and martyrdom painted inside. In a note of cross-religious pollination, icons of
Virgin Mary are garlanded in flower necklaces. Constructed in the year 1881 AD, the church is situated near the Rock Fort. The main tower is in height, and the small towers at feet in height. There are around 120 turrets in the building. The statues of the
Sacred Heart of Jesus,
St. Ignatius of Loyola,
St. Francis Xavier and
St. John de Britto are placed at the center of the tower. The church is painted in white and maroon. The glass windows are painted with different chapters in the life of Jesus. The church bell is set at a height of . The altar of the church is made of sandalwood. As per the research paper of the National Institute of Technology Tiruchirapalli (NITT), the church presents a case study of a Gothic style church built fully with indigenous material and craftsmen. The place where it is located was part of the moat surrounding the Fort of Tiruchirappalli. Concrete was laid in the foundation filling the granite holes to a depth of nearly . The cross on the top of the building is long and acts as the lightning conductor. ==Religious practices==