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Civil & religious access
St Anthony's Civil Access File
புனித அந்தோனியார் அணுகல் கோப்பு
Katchatheevu is not only a maritime boundary issue. It is also a place of worship, memory, civil access, and cross-strait Tamil connection. The annual St Anthony's festival is the longest continuous civilian use of the island in living memory.
Why this matters
- — Religious continuity: pilgrims from both Tamil Nadu and the Jaffna peninsula attend the annual feast.
- — Civil presence: civilian visitation is a peaceful, predictable, lawful use of the island.
- — Cultural memory: the shrine appears in cross-strait Tamil Catholic memory and song.
- — Safety pattern: festival access shows what calm cross-strait civilian movement can look like.
Annual access tracker
| Year | Access Status | Pilgrims (publicly reported) | Restrictions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual festival access record — schema published. Awaiting source-verified entries from diocesan and press records. | ||||
Civil access principle: religious and civil access should be safe, predictable, humane, and transparent. Festival access is one of the calmest shared facts in the cross-strait record. It deserves to be protected.
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