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It is believed that St. Thomas the Apostle of the East and
India arrived Kerala while his 2nd visit through the trade
route of the Jewish merchants ships at Crangenore in AD
52. He established the congregation namely Crangenore,
Oalayur (Trichur dist), Paravur (Ernakulam dist), Niranam,
Kokkamangalam (Allepey dist), Kollom (Kollam dist),
Nilakkal (Pathanamthitta dist).
The majority of the locals are Dravidians including Jain,
Budhist, Jews & Brahmins were impressed and surprised by
his preaching’s and holy power. The Brahmins those who are
doing the Tharpanam, the Apostle asked them whether they
can hold the water in the air. They were unable to do so
because it is against the rule of gravitational force. But
the Apostle did it and the water remained in the sky and
at the same time a trough was formed on the surface of
water.
Perceiving the superior power of the Apostle, four Brahmin
families embraced the faith of Christianity. These four
Brahmin families who accepted baptism were Pakalomattam,
Kalli, Kallinkel and Sankarapuri. Of them Pakalomattam and
Samkarapuri were given the sole right of priest hood.
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The Pakalomattam Brahmins were given the
chief priest position and the ARCHDEACONS are from
Pakalomattam family. It is believed that a major portion of
the four Brahmins converted families, migrated to
KURAVILANGAD in the 4th century AD, some say it was exactly
337 AD.
From 13th century onwards large scale migration took placed
in the Pakalomattam family. This was largely due to a belief
developed that a thing which impure by “Theendal” could be
purified by a touch of Nazrani Christian. Hence all royal
families and Brahmin families took a Christian each from
Pakalomattam root and accommodated them near their house.
Thus one of the Pakalomattam family member came to
THIRUVALLA and established the KAVILAE VEEDU.
After the years, the roots and branches of THIRUVALLA
KAVILAI VEETTIL FAMILY spread all over to near by areas with
different house names as given below. |
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