CSI St. John's Church, Vellore - Church in Vellore - Vellore, India

This church was a age old one... Recently they celebrated 175 year of dedication festival... Well furniture maintained at church... Clean and better atmosphere over there... The age old bell was situated at the entrance of the church...

The church was closed and therefore could not explore much of it.

Very peaceful and ancient beauty at its best way

St. John's Church is located inside the Vellore Fort, Tamil Nadu State, India. The Church was raised in 1846 by the Government of Madras for the officers and men of the East India Company military station. The church is called after St. John the Evangelist. However, the church was never officially consecrated and hence not officially named as St. John's Church.[1] St. John's Church is the oldest standing church in the Vellore Diocese.[2] The church stands inside the Vellore Fort, which is under the control of the Archaeological Survey of India, along with the Vijaynagar period Jalakanteswarar Temple, Tippu Mahal, Hyder Mahal, Candy Mahal, Badhusha Mahal and the Begum Mahal

Located in front of Vellore ground floor, very quiet and nice environment with green tree. It's maintain a real history which is for a long time hope you will find some ancient feeling which is Greenery & peaceful.

This Church a very compact church,maybe can accomodate about 200 people.The outer area of the Church is beautiful & well maintained.

One of the earliest church in Tamilnadu, it was constructed by the British.

The church is small and beautiful, we can see the elegance of the early 1900's in the structure of the church. The church is still offering its services to the people and is the oldest church in vellore.