Bishop Thomas of Cana, Nasrani History, Southist- Northist, Thekkumbhagar
As someone saying northist lived in north side …
Comment posted Arrival of Thomas of Cana ( Bishop Thomas of Cana ?), History and references about Southist Community (Thekkumbhagar – Knanaya ) by rps.
As someone saying northist lived in north side and southist lived in the south side is noting but some baseless ideas. These is absolutely nothing like that.
St thomas came and he visited kodulungoor and many places inside the forest area where jewish settled that they can get more pepper, spices and kuntirikkam and they had small synagoges. i believe nillakkal should have these ancient settlements. so people who where jews and brahimns families converted themselves cast out from their travad and dispersed different part where they can cultivate and live to lead a christian life.
why would they have to camp in a town where king assigned to live only in northern side and southern side? Also as i heard from Mr alexander an expert say actually it not even northern side or southern side rather its was two sides of a river. There was a split occured among these group some went to other side of a river. something like either it was dangerous to comeback once they cross the river or the king never allowed them to do so. the majoriy of these syrian settlement most probably locally married or added christian community and remain who they are. and the southist probably do the samething.
It was not really meant to hate natives but their attempted to mingled natives and they learn and adpated to live in a new land.
IT does prove that most syrian christian do have middleastern features and dravidian influences. and they reason they preseve syric through out these centuries.
many non knanaya family we can easly spot either these syrian ammachis married to a dark husband or a syrian appachen married to a dark wife and about ten childrens in those familes and yet keep on marry to those mix group each other and it is so obvious. and i believe that is what most of the kerala christians.
These local influences made them to week to say we are syrian or jewish and they so much melt to live in the new land because they are mixed and not eveybody has that confidence to say like that and remain silent. this is the same senerio is ethiopia either. but some fake group are really saying they are this and that.
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