KURAKAR CULTURAL TEAM VISITED KALLADA VALIYA PALLY AND MAR ANDREWS MEMORIAL
PLACES
Kottarakara based Kurakar Cultural Forum
visited Kallada Valiyapally and Mar Andrews Bava’s memorial places on 2nd
March,2013, the Holly Perunall day of
Mar Andrewsbava . The team includes Prof. John Kurakar, Mr. George Mathew
Kurakar, Prof. Molly Kurakar, Mrs. Saly George Kurakar, Mr. Manu Kurakar,
Master Athul George Kurakar and Aarsha
George Kurakar. Kallada Valiya Pally is an old Syrian Orthodox Church is a reputed
pilgrim centre. And it is special in many ways.
The Church, which was reconstructed four
times, still has the wooden parts of the old church. Symbolising the harmonious
co-existence of different religions in Kerala, a 700 years old wooden beam
bears a Muslim Crescent, a Hindu symbol and Cross. It is located at
Kallada around 25 kilometres from Kollam and can be reached by road.The
arrival of St.Thomas the Apostle in Kerala in A.D52 laid the foundation of
hristanity in Kerala. He Esablished seven Churches. Kollam was also his Center
of Missionary work. In A.D 823, a group of Syrian immigrants came to Kollam.
They included Mar Sapor and Mar Afrod. They erected a church there. The
community dispersed and they migrated to nearby places. It is believed one
group came to Kallada. The present Kallada Valiya Pally is in the name of
St.Mary. It was originally at Elavukkavu on the eastern bank of the Kallada
River.
Prof. John Kurakar
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