Purification Rituals: The believers enter the church after a purification rite by the priest. After purifying himself with the holy water from a vessel, the priest sprinkles it on the believers using a mango leaf.

Death Rituals: Generally, funeral services are conducted in the lower basilica of the Velankanni church. The priest of the church conducts funeral rites for both the parishioners and other Christian devotees who breathe their last in the holy soil of Velankanni.

Purification Rituals: The believers enter the church after a purification rite by the priest. After purifying himself with the holy water from a vessel, the priest sprinkles it on the believers using a mango leaf.

Death Rituals: Generally, funeral services are conducted in the lower basilica of the Velankanni church. The priest of the church conducts funeral rites for both the parishioners and other Christian devotees who breathe their last in the holy soil of Velankanni.