In Edappally, Kochi, Kerala, there stands St. George Forane Church, Edappally โ edappally Palli โ Asia's largest shrine to St. George: founded AD 593, rebuilt 1080/1411/1813; five million pilgrims yearly; April 25โMay 15 feast with fowl offerings, 40-hour adoration, and teak-chariot procession.
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In Edappally, Kochi, Kerala, St. George Forane Church, Edappally โ a tradition: founded ad 593 (marth mariam); rebuilt 1080, 1411, 1813; devotion to st. george gave the present name site โ edappally Palli โ Asia's largest shrine to St. George: founded AD 593, rebuilt 1080/1411/1813; five million pilgrims yearly; April 25โMay 15 feast with fowl offerings, 40-hour adoration, and teak-chariot procession.
The earliest event recorded here is foundation, ad 593 (tradition). Through the centuries, the temple witnessed feast season, april 25 โ may 15. Syrian Christians build on land of the Elangalloor Raja; first church faced west toward the Arabian Sea.
Foundation, AD 593 (tradition)
01Walk the pradakshina path. Note the earliest event recorded here โ foundation, ad 593 (tradition).
02The tradition here is christian. Sit. Listen. The darshan is its own teaching.
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Edappally Palli โ Asia's largest shrine of St. George โ draws some five million visitors a year to a parish the Syrian Christians raised, by tradition, in AD 593, on land given by the Hindu Raja of Edappally. First dedicated to Marth Mariam (Mother Mary), it took the warrior-saint's name as his devotion swept the coast.
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