Affiliation Jacobite Syrian Church Year consecrated 15th century CE Completed 1910 CE District Ernakulam Architectural type Church | Province Kerala Ecclesiastical or organizational status Valiyapally Opened 1910 Architectural style Architecture of Kerala | |
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Location Kandanad, Ernakulam, India | ||
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.
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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.