 King Pedro II wanted him to stay, but in 1690 he returned to the Maravar country with 24 new missionaries.The Madurai Mission was a bold attempt to establish an Indian Catholic Church that was relatively free of European cultural domination.As such, Britto learned the native languages, went about dressed in yellow cotton, and lived like a தமிழ் Thuravi/Sanyaasi, abstaining from every kind of animal food and from wine.