Old Syrian Church of Chengannur - Pazhaya Suriyani Palli 

From where I live Chengannur merely thirteen kilometers. But it is news to me that such a magnificent Church treasuring such a wealth of art, history and culture existed so near. Congratulatons to Sri Radhakrishnan. Trust he will unearth many more treasure chests in the neighborhood

1949 I was baptised at this church. Since I am away for the past 65 years I couldnot visit or attend sunday survices here. I appreciate the post.

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There is love and co-operation between a Hindu and a Christian. It should continue to be like that .But Hinduism and Christianity are worship of different gods . Bible explicitly teaches who the Creator GOD is and HE deserves all our worship . There are gods of the nations which Bible says "Do not worship ". JESUS CHRIST came for all and we should invite the others into the Salvation of Christ !

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Pl advice how to reach this church from Trivandrum interested to visit matter urgent. Thankyou in advance.

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By seeing the architecture its evident that this was a temple which is later converted to church.Even Malayatoor church was also a temple which was dedicated to lord Vishnu and Shiva it was turned as church by Thomasleeha(An Apostole of Jesus Christ).

1700 years old church

There is an obsession with Christians esp Syrian Christians in Kerala to claim that all of them or majority of them are converts of Brahmins. In this context, it may be noted that Namboothiris came to Kerala only in the seventh or eighth century. At no point of time they were numerous, and so even if all of them had converted, they could not have contributed to the substantial Christian population of Syrian population in Kerala. The Namboothiris were land lords and were keen on perpetuating their control over land and hence they permitted only the eldest son to marry and the younger ones used to have 'sambandham' with Nair tharawads. In a situation where they were affluent and had everything going for them, was there any reason or incentive for them to convert to a new religion which demanded strict compliance to certain way of life and belief practices. Of course a few Namboothiri families would have converted but that doesn't support the hypothesis. Logically very often people convert because they perceive they would have certain advantages in following the new belief system and way of life. For a Namboothiri who was always at the top of social hierarchy, why should he give up that status and get himself reduced to a reduced social standing by conversion?

Old shiva temple anu

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appo 34 🤣🤣🤣 pambakuda maathram alla chengannurum thottil erinju

It's an orthodox church

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