Kandanad Valiyapally

St Mary's Cathedral Kandanad

St Marys's Cathedral Kandanad
Basic information
Location Kandanad, Ernakulam, India
Affiliation Jacobite Syrian Church
District Ernakulam
Province Kerala
Year consecrated 15th century CE
Ecclesiastical or organizational status Valiyapally
Architectural description
Architectural type Church
Architectural style Kerala Architecture
Completed 1910 CE
Direction of façade West

Kandanad Valiyapally aka St. Mary's Cathedral is a principal church of the Kandanad village of Ernakulam District of Kerala. The church is believed to be built around 1400 AD.

Location

Kandanad is a village in the Ernakulam Dt. of Kerala. The church is located near to Udayamperoor and Mulamthuruthy in Ernakulam, Kerala, India.

History

The church is believed to be built in circa 1400 AD before the arrival of Portuguese Catholics in India. It has a magnificent edifice completed in 1910. On the Madbha, we could see two wooden planks on the Altar on which it is inscribed the date of completion of building works. On the wall it is inscribed that the church was consecrated in 1400 AD.

We could see the sacred tombs of Mar Thoma IV and Mar Baselios Shakralla Bava below the altar room.


Coordinates: 9°54′52″N 76°22′21″E / 9.91444°N 76.37250°E / 9.91444; 76.37250


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/16/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.