Though St. Thomas was so dear to the king Mahadevan of Milepuram, he was actually handled brutally more than once in his apartment in the absence of the King. To Life, he was reported to have sought refuge in the jungle of Little Mount which is quite closer to Mylapore. A cave in the Hillock afforded him an ideal shelter which can be seen still today.
Inside the cave one could see a boulder that clearly shows the impression of a huge foot and near to that finger impressions and blood stain. It is the impression of Saint’s own hands which touched the wounds of Lord Jesus. The impression is far from artificial and there is plausible explanation for its size that over the centuries rock grows.
Behind the church you can see a cross chiseled on rock stone where saint is said to have offered mass and spent long hours in prayer and meditation. The cross resembles the one in St. Thomas Mount which is considered miraculous. It sweated blood several times during mass between years 1551 and 1704 particularly on 18th of December. Whenever the cross at St. Thomas mount sweat and change colour, similar changes were seen on the cross at little mount.
There is a miraculous spring on the rock behind the church, called the perpetual spring of the saint. It is recorded only in 1765 AD” people who come in crowds to hear him preaching suffered much from thirst. The saint knelt down in prayer and struck the rock with his stick, and there formed an instant spring to quench the thirst of people.” The water is continually being taken even to this day and cures are attested.
In 1972 pope Paul VI declared that St. Thomas is the patron apostle of India. Government of India released two stamps in commemoration of the Indian apostolate of St. Thomas, one in 1964 and another in 1973.
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MIRACLES:
It would be impossible to relate all the miracles worked by St. Thomas, by making the sign of the cross with his hand that has touched the wounds of Lord Jesus Christ. To name a few , he raised to life 29 dead; liberated from the demon 250 possessed; cursed 330 leprous; gave sight to250 blind persons, the use of their limbs to 120 paralytics and speech to 20 dumb. He healed 280 sick people whom the physicians had abandoned.
