Padri Ki Haveli
| Country | India |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Province | Bihar |
Famously called Padri-Ki-Haveli or "Mansion of Padre" is oldest of Bihar state’s St Mary's Church. Today’s Padri-ki-Haveli is a place where some Roman Catholics had arrived for the first time in Bihar and founded this tiny church in the year 1713.
The then Venetian architect Tirreto redesigned structure of the current church in 1772 upon his arrival here from Kolkata with an intention for its’ redesigning. This church’s foundation stone is on the huge location consisting of the 70 feet long, 40 feet wide and a height of 50 feet that made it an enormous building.
A quarrel between Nawab Mir Qasim and British traders on June 25, 1763 proved bad omen for this church which got destroyed by the former. It was a huge loss as several ancient records were burnt away and destroyed at that time. Some more consequent damages to this church were done during the Great Indian Rebellion in the year 1857. The existing church today is a notable monument and is considered an architectural beauty. Several key details are still available in it which only few Indian churches witness nowadays.
History
One of the oldest existing churches in Bihar, Padri Ki Haveli or official “The Mansion of Padre and St Mary's Church” has rich history. It was in 1713AD that few Roman Catholics reached Bihar for the first time to lay the foundation of a small church in a place famous as Padri-ki-Haveli today. Father Joseph from Rovato built this church whose bell witnesses many inscriptions. Its close association with Mother Teresa is also valuable. She had finished apprenticeship in nursing from here itself.
Architecture
A Venetian architect Tirreto came here from Kolkata in 1722 to prepare the current design of this church. With the length of 70 feet, 40 feet wide and 50 feet height the present church has huge foundation dimension.
With several inscriptions the pretty looking bell of this church speaks a lot about its glorious history. Late Mother Teresa made this church her home during the period she got trained in nursing. Take taxis or auto-rickshaws to reach here whose location at a distance of approximately 9.5 kilometer from central Patna at Phulwari Sharif is famous one.
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