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Katchatheevu Festival
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- The annual festival of St Antony’s Shrine in Katchatheevu Island, Sri Lanka began.
- It is notable that the citizens of India are not required to possess an Indian passport or Sri Lankan visa for visiting Kachchatheevu, according to an agreement between the two governments.
- St Antony is worshiped as the patron saint of sea farers.
- The shrine is the only structure on the island and was built in the early years of the last century.
- It is an uninhabited island administered by Sri Lanka and was a disputed territory claimed by India until 1976.
- In 1974 India recognized Sri Lankan ownership of the island on a conditional agreement.
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