Graha Maria Annai Velangkanni, Catholic shrine in Medan, Indonesia

Graha Maria Annai Velangkanni is a two-storey Marian shrine in Medan, opened in 2005, with a seven-storey tower representing the Raja Gopuram of Hindu temple architecture. Three domes in Mughal style crown the building, symbolising the Trinity. At the gate are miniatures of traditional Karo and Toba Batak houses.

The shrine opened in 2005; North Sumatra governor Rudolf Pardede inaugurated the building, and Archbishop Alfred Gonti Pius Datubara consecrated it and its altar. It belongs to the Parish of Saint Mary in Medan and is dedicated to Our Lady of Good Health, a title traced to a 17th-century apparition at Velankanni in Tamil Nadu.

The name Graha Maria Annai Velangkanni refers to Our Lady of Good Health, a title from the 17th-century Marian apparition in Velankanni, Tamil Nadu. At the entrance gate stand miniatures of traditional Karo and Toba Batak houses, and the tower represents a Hindu Raja Gopuram, while three Mughal-style domes above the church symbolise the Trinity.

The shrine stands on Jl. Sakura III, just off Jl. Simatupang, within the Parish of Santa Maria in Medan. The ground floor holds a meeting hall and the first floor the worship space, so prayer takes place upstairs. Look for the miniature Karo and Toba Batak houses at the entrance gate before going in.

The gate area holds miniatures of traditional Karo and Toba Batak houses, a detail many visitors walk past. The tower rises seven floors to represent that heaven has room for everyone, and the three domes above the church stand for the Trinity.