Oriyur in Rameswaram
Oriyur, near the Rameswaram is a small Village in Tiruvadanai Taluk, which belongs to the Ramanathapuram District of Tamil Nadu State in India. This seashore sightseeing location is one of the most venerable pilgrim centers of Christians in the world over, as it is said to be the home of martyrdom of St. John De Britto, a Portuguese Jesuit better known as ‘Arul Anandar’. It was at this place where the saint is said to have beheaded in 1693. The sand dune here is assumed to have stained by the bl...