Cherpunkal
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Cherpunkal is a small town in the Kottayam
district of Kerala
State in India
.On the Kottayam Pala road,7 km from pala city.
Cherpunkal boasts a Holy Cross Church, believed to have been established by Thomas the Apostle
himself, it is also believed that St.Thomas put his sandals there while taking a bath in a nearby river.
Kottayam
Kottayam is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 55.40 km2. It is the administrative capital of the Kottayam district. Kottayam Kottayam (Malayalam: കോട്ടയം) is a city in the Indian state of Kerala, spread over an area of 55.40 km2. It is the administrative...
district of Kerala
Kerala
or Keralam is an Indian state located on the Malabar coast of south-west India. It was created on 1 November 1956 by the States Reorganisation Act by combining various Malayalam speaking regions....
State in India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
.On the Kottayam Pala road,7 km from pala city.
Cherpunkal boasts a Holy Cross Church, believed to have been established by Thomas the Apostle
Thomas the Apostle
Thomas the Apostle, also called Doubting Thomas or Didymus was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He is best known for questioning Jesus' resurrection when first told of it, then proclaiming "My Lord and my God" on seeing Jesus in . He was perhaps the only Apostle who went outside the Roman...
himself, it is also believed that St.Thomas put his sandals there while taking a bath in a nearby river.