Editing Velankanni (section)

==Geography==
[[File:St Sebastian Church.jpg|left|thumb|St Sebastian Church at the entrance of the city]]
Vailankanni is located {{convert|350|km}} south of [[Chennai]] and {{convert|14|km}} south of [[Nagapattinam]] on the [[Coromandel Coast]], at {{Coord|10.40|N|79.49|E|}} in [[Nagapattinam district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] [[States and union territories of India|state]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vailankanni.info/how-to-reach-velankanni/|title=How To Reach Velankanni &#124; Route Map &#124; Nagapattinam &#124; Vailankanni.info}}</ref>

===Climate===
{{Weather box/concise_C
| location=Velankanni, Tamil Nadu
| source=Climate-Data.org<ref name="Climate in velakanni -Data.org">
  "CLIMATE: VELANKANNI",
  Climate-Data.org. Web: [http://en.climate-data.org/location/50457/].</ref>
| 28.5|29.5|31.8|33.8|35.7|36.2|35.1|34.1|33.7|31.6|29.3|28.0<!--highs-->
| 21.9|22.8|24.3|26.2|26.8|26.3|26.3|25.2|25.3|24.6|23.4|22.4<!--lows-->
| 54|11|14|34|37|35|61|75|83|236|400|291<!--rain-->
}}

===Fauna===
[[Puntius sanctus]] is a rare species of [[barb (fish)|barb]] fish found exclusively on a small body of water at Velankanni<ref>Plamoottil, Dr. Mathews. Puntius sanctus, a new fish (cypriniformes: 
cyprinidae) species from Tamil Nadu, India. Bioscience Research 2020 17(1) P560-567</ref>