Our Lady of Sinna Madhu Pilgrimage

                                               Sinna Madhu church is situated in the Saravanai of Kayts Divisional Secretariat. This church was built associated with school. When Fr.Sandrasegar was serving as the Parish priest. The school was started to construct in 1894 and then small church was built at the site, north of the present-day church. Mary statute was taken from St. James Church and placed on the altar by Fr.Sandrasegar.The first mass was celebrated on 14th July, 1895 and second mass was also celebrated in the same year. The feast of this shrine began to be celebrated on the 5th of August .After the year, number of devotees began to increase rapidly. Then devotees used to refer to this shrine as Sinna Madhu. Bishop of Jaffna Rev.Joulain approved as holy pilgrimage in 1909. During this period, new church was begun to construct and it is being administered by Naranthanai Parish since 1908.