Niranam Church
Kadapra Niranam Rd, Niranam, Kerala 689621
Niranam Pally as Niranam Valiya Pally or St. Mary’s Orthodox Syrian Church, Niranam, a church under the Niranam Diocese of the Indian Orthodox Church.is one of the oldest churches in Kerala. It is believed that the church was founded by St.Thomas, one of the twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ, in AD 54. The church was reconstructed several times since then. The stones in the church shows the reconstruction in 1259.
Niranam Pally witnessed a number of historical events in the Malankara Orthodox Church history including the establishment of a Catholicate in India. The first Catholicose and second Catholicose of the church were ordained at Niranam Church (in 1912 and 1925). Four of the Malankara Metropolitans of the Church died while staying here and two were buried here.
The tall granite cross at the right side of the entrance is a relic of the past, probably from 1259, the time at which the third renovation of the church building took place. The base of the cross has carvings resembling Hindu Temples.
Niranam Church celebrate the feasts of Saint Mary in whose name the church is dedicated, the feast of Saint Thomas who is the founder of Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church and the Apostle of India and the feasts of Mar Thoma II and Mar Thoma V whose mortal remains are buried in the church.
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