Padri - Ki - Haveli

✎ Padri-ki-Haveli (“Mansion of Padre”), also known as visitation of the blessed Virgin Mary.

✎ It is oldest church in Bihar.Padre Ki Haveli is also known as St. Mary’s church.

✎ It is located around 9.5km from Central Patna at Phulwari Sharif.

✎ When Roman Catholics arrived in Bihar, they built a small church in 1713 at a place now known as Padri-ki-Haveli.

✎ The current church was re-designed by a Venetian architect Tirreto in 1772. He came from Kolkata to design this church.

✎ Nawab Mir Qasim destroyed this church because of quarrel with the British traders on 25 June 1763. Ancient records were destroyed and burnt consequently. Later in 1857, during the Great Indian Rebellion again this church suffered with many damages.

✎ It has witnessed a lot of battles like battle with English traders, 1857 Sepoy mutiny.

✎ The foundation stone of this huge church has a dimension of 70 feet in length, 40 feet wide and 50 feet in height.

✎ Today, the monument stands as an architectural wonder with intricate details which can be seen in few other churches of India.

✎ The main attraction of the church is the large Cathedral bell.

✎ Mother Teresa had been trained as a nurse over here.

People, especially Christians, visit the site in large numbers to offer their prayers on a regular basis.

✎ The church is open on all days even on public holidays from 06:00a.m. To 08:00p.m.

✎ The entrance fee of the church is free and anyone can go to the church for prayer without having any different caste, creed, color and religion.