In 1837, an elderly man of Kohur was fishing in the nearby perennial river using a fish hook. While fishing, he found a small statue surfacing around the fish hook in the river. He ignored the statue and sprung the hook to a new location. But the statue resurfaced to the new location. He kept changing the location, but the statue kept resurfacing to him.

Amazed by this, he took the statue out of the river and took it along with him to his home. At night, St. Anthony appeared to him in his sleep, called the man by his name and revealed that it was St. Anthony's statue and asked the elderly man to build a church for him in Kohur.

In the morning, the elderly man professed these to the people of the village. Thus in 1837, a small hut church was built by the people of the village with the miraculous less than a foot statue of St. Anthony.

Since then, people have been receiving numerous miracles from St. Anthony.

The annual feast celebrated for 3 days in the month of June every year is well attended by a lakh of people which is quite unusual for a very small church which is not well known outside and in the social media. This stands a testimony to this miraculous St. Anthony of Kohur.

If you wish to contribute to the development of the church, you may do so in the a/c details mentioned below. Please inform the transfer details through call and message or whatsapp to the Parish Priest +91 9443108097 and receive the receipt for the contribution.

A/C : 10977881313

A/C NAME : PARISH PRIEST ST JOSEPH CHURCH

IFSC : SBIN0018370

BANK : STATE BANK OF INDIA

Rev. Fr. D. Devasagayam

Parish Priest,

St. Anthony's Church, Kohur

St. Joseph's Church, Kilvelur

+91 9443108097

+91 9943667600