Religious Places – Churches – Pravāsavarṇana

Kerala Diaries – St. Francis CSI Church, Fort Kochi

January 18, 2018

The oldest European church built in India….
Reflection of the Colonial struggle of various European powers in India….
First resting place of the first European who discovered the sea route to India from Europe…..
A catholic church in the beginning and now an Anglican church…
A living historical monument of today’s Kochi or Cochin……

Yes, the St Francis CSI church in Fort Kochi is all this and much more. A must visit for not only people with religious bent of mind but also a must visit for all history lovers, architecture lovers.
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CSI Christ Church – A century old hidden gem in Munnar

November 7, 2017

Not heard about this church? No wonder. No tourist guide would ever tell you about this church, not many people would add this to one of the must visit places in Munnar. For pictures of the church Click here Even before we had reached Munnar, this church was on our itinerary. The Google Map helped … More CSI Christ Church – A century old hidden gem in Munnar

St. John’s Wilderness Church, Nainital – Time travel to the British Raj era

July 10, 2017

A church completed in the year 1852, a church in the wilderness, an ancient church right in the midst of bustling Nainital close to the High Court, a church having memorial of victims of the infamous Landslide of 1880. Read here … More St. John’s Wilderness Church, Nainital – Time travel to the British Raj era