Kottakavu Church

St Thomas Kottakavu Forane church North Paravur

One among the seven churches started by St. Thomas the apostle in 52 AD after his arrival in Maliankara in Muziris. In Picture, the St. Thomas Kottakavu Church in North Paravur on a Christmas eve.

From the inside of the new church which was completed in 1938 in Gothic style.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

St.Thomas arrived in kottakavu near the backwaters from Muziris 2000 years ago. The ruins of ancient Jewish Synagogue can still be seen outside the Brahmin temple about a furlong off the church in modern day Paravur. Here St.Thomas converted 72 Hindu people to Christianity.

Paravur Jewish synagogue : http://kochimuziris.blogspot.in/2012/12/paravur-jewish-synagogue.html

 

Map to Kottakavu St. Thomas Church :

How to get there : From Paravur town via the Paravur - Kodungallur road, take a U-turn before crossing the Vadakkekkara bridge towards St.Thomas Kottakavu Forane Church on highway side.

 
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