What is Our Lady of Good Health?
{{Infobox Catholic apparition | name = Our Lady of Good Health | image = ND de Fourvière ND de Vailankanni.jpg | size = | alt = | caption = | location = Vailankanni, India | date = 16th and 17th century | witness = Young milk delivery boy | type = Marian apparition | approval = Pending approval by the Holy See, endorsed by Catholic Bishops' Conference of India | shrine = Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health }} '''Our Lady of Good Health''' is the name given to an [[wikt:apparition|apparition]] of the [[Virgin Mary]] believed to have appeared in the town of Vailankanni, [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. She is also known as '''Our Lady of Vailankanni''' and '''Holy Mother of Good Health'''. Her name in the [[Tamil language]] is {{lang|ta|ஆரோக்கிய மாதா}} (Arokia Matha). The Feast day of Our Lady of Good Health is on the same day as the birthday of the Virgin Mary (September 8). == The three miraculous events == Although there is no written record of these three events, the [[oral tradition]] is that there were three apparitions. Two were during the 16th century and one in the 17th century. === First appearance === The first apparition was in the town of Vailankanni, Tamil Nadu. It is said that a [[Hindu]] boy was resting under a [[banyan]] tree near a pond. While he was resting, a woman with an infant on her hand came to him and asked him for milk. The boy agreed and ran off to get the milk. When he came back, he apologized for his lateness and the reduced amount of milk due to an accident when he was coming back with the milk. However, on inspection the boy found the pot of milk to be full and was convinced a [[miracle]] happened. Together a man, also a Hindu, and the boy went back to the pond where the apparition had occurred. Again, the Lady appeared with her child. On learning that it was the Virgin Mary and the infant [[Jesus]] who appeared to the boy, the residents of the local [[Roman Catholic]] community became ecstatic and renamed the pond ''{{transl|ta|Matha Kulum}}'' (Our Lady's Pond). === Seco