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Tradition holds that it once stood closer to the sea and was demolished by the Portuguese in the 16th century, then rebuilt inland.
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Krishna is shown here as Arjuna's charioteer, with a moustache and battle scars, in what is believed to be the oldest structure in Chennai.
Built over the tomb of St Thomas the Apostle, who by Christian tradition came to India in 52 CE, it is one of only three churches in the world above an apostle's tomb.