Sunday, December 24, 2006

Best of India - Churches!!

India is a land of diversity in every sense of the word. The people, the places, the languages, the customs, the religions and the list goes on and on. There is hardly any country as diverse and yet integrated as India.

Inspired by India Today's article, "Best of India" dated Oct 23, 2006, I have decided to start a series "Best of India" at my blog. I have been lucky to live all over India due to my Dad's Army background but still there are 100s of places that I haven't visited. This series will give me a chance to showcase India that I have or want to visit one day. The series can involve anything or anyplace. It can be the best trek, best place to eat , best spiritual place, best place to meditate, best place for a romantic get-away etc. Although, in order to showcase the unseen and unknown, I will mostly showcase places that are relatively unknown (so yea, there is a good chance that TajMahal and Qutab Minar won't feature here).

If anyone who is reading this series would like to suggest a place that they have visited or would like to visit one day, then do leave the name and some description of that place in the comment box and I would be happy to research and write-up about the same. This series will be sprinkled between my regular posts, in order to keep things interesting.

In India, everything starts and ends with the name of God and what better day to start then on the eve of Christmas. Today, I will be showing some of the best churches in India (in terms of architecture or aesthetic value)

This is St. Philomena's Cathedral in Mysore. It is one of the largest churches in India. I love the color contrasts used in the stained glass windows. The church was build in 1840 A.D as St. Joseph's Church but renamed St. Philomena's Cathedral in 1933. The church was named so because it has a crypt with a statue of St. Philomena, a 3rd century saint from Greece.

This is one of my favorite pictures because it has a statue of Christ with his arms outstretched, on top of the church and the weather/clouds just make this image heavenly. This is St. Joseph's Church (also known as Palyam Church) in Trivandrum, Kerela. The choir service in the church is performed in three languages, English, Malayalam and Tamil. This just shows how different religions have integrated within the Indian society and has become a part of it.

This is one of the most revered churches in India, Santhome Church in Chennai. It is believed that the church is built over the tomb of St. Thomas, one of the 12 apostles of Jesus Christ. It is believed that the sand taken from St. Thomas's tomb has healing power and so the Church itself has been reaised to mythical proportions like no other.

One of the oldest neighborhoods of Panjim is Fountainhas and it houses beautiful church by the name of, St. Sebastian Church. The church was built in 1818 as a small chapel. The church and the neighborhood has a traditional Portuguese architecture. The "Crucifix of Inquisition" lies in this church.

St. Francis Church in Cochin is the oldest European church in India. It was constructed in 1503 and Vasco Da Gama, the first European to discover India, was buried here. It has a very modest building but its the history behind it that makes it so important among all the churches in India.

Mount Mary Church in Bandra, Mumbai, has one of the best interiors of church that I have seen. It attracts lakhs of devotees every year because of its prime location. The good thing about most religious places in India is that it attracts people from all faiths and same is true for Mount Mary Church. The statue of "Our Lady" in the church was brought in 16th century but was replaced later after it was disfigured by Arab pirates. (Thank You Mehak for mentioning the Church in the comment box.)

Merry Christmas Everyone!!

65 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Merry Christmas!!!

Gold Mera :)

11:33 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I've read the India Today Issue you are talking about...

WOW ...You know my love for Churches....Old Gothic ones esp..with wonderful Architecture...

Yipppee...I've been to St.Philomena's Cathedral in Mysore...
Have seen the Santhome Church from outside...will visit sometime soon...its v v beautiful...all white...

Don't remember being to the one in Goa, which you have mentioned...

Another one which I would like to add here is the Mount Mary Church in Bandra,Mumbai...It will remain my fav CHURCH on Earth...have spent soo much time there...

Merry Christmas!!!!

Keep the posts coming...looking forward to lots of interesting stuff here...:)

11:47 PM  
Blogger Fursat said...

silver is mine :D

and churches...great pics...lovely

i loved the 2nd one and last one pic...awesome :)

i have been only to church which was located near by our college :) woh bhi achi thi :P

Merry Christmas!!!!

12:40 AM  
Blogger Urvi said...

Wow... thtz beautiful!!!

Me too visited some churches in old Goa nd they r jst beautiful...

Nd yes.. Mumbai's Mount Mary Church @ Bandra is the most prominent one. Its one of the best. In Sept. a week long fair is held esp. called Bandra Fair where thousands of devotees including non-catholics are flocked here.

Good one.. looking forward for more such interesting posts.. :)

4:36 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i love their architecture,their serenity and their celebrations;) ricky ji very appropriate post:) hope you had a wonderful and present-full christmas.

6:59 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A very good thought to make a series on Best of India.

Keep posting.

I can't suggest anything for that as I've not visited any places except two places - Delhi and Darjeeling (leaving the boarder cities) and the list of the places I would like to go will go on and on :P.

* Except India, there is another county - a land of diversity is ours :) even being a small country our country is also land of diversity :).

Nice post.

2:03 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A very good thought to make a series on Best of India.

Keep posting.

I can't suggest anything for that as I've not visited any places except two places - Delhi and Darjeeling (leaving the boarder cities) and the list of the places I would like to go will go on and on :P.

* Except India, there is another county - a land of diversity is ours :) even being a small country our country is also land of diversity :).

Nice post.

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Posted two time!!! :O

2:05 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just brilliant,Ricky!One never knows what one will get to read when he comes here,but I'm always sure that its gonna be a great read! Have been to the Chennai,Kochi and Goa churches-awesome.
Will think of some other places that u can talk of in this series.
Happy New year,Ricky!

2:58 AM  
Blogger Fuzzylogic said...

First time here and I think it's a great post.Church architectures are very fascinating and I always feel they exude a certain serenity just in them and an aura around them.I have always felt a calmess come on me whenever I have visited one and I'm not catholic.I have been to the St.Philomena's in Mysore,the St.Joseph's of Tvm and the one of Panjim.Great pics!Will look forward to your other Best of India entries.

6:55 PM  
Blogger faith said...

aah! as i told ya love your topics and pics u display.. forget the writing :P
beautiful pictures.. damn maine inme se ek bhi nahi dekha :(

unseen and unknown "best of india"

i was wondering am i gonna get chance by any chance hehehe

9:45 PM  
Blogger fursat said...

mehak - Merry Christmas to you too. Yes, Gold Aapka!!

Yea, I do know about your love of churches. I have seen picture of the Mysore church that you took, beautiful. The one is Goa is very obscure, so may have missed it. You fav. church added :D

fursat - Yes yes, after ages. Thank You!! Merry Christmas to you too.

2:08 PM  
Blogger fursat said...

urvi - Thanks Urvi. Thank You for such a wonderful piece of information... :-)

clicks - Thank You jee!! Yea, mine was good. I hope yours too was good.

juneli - You can see India now from my eyes. Which country are you talking about? Bhutan?...lol. I know I know your Nepal... :D

Thanks for liking it.

2:11 PM  
Blogger fursat said...

ragz - Thanks Ragz for such nice words. You are lucky to have visited so many churches. Yea, do give me ideas. Happy New Year Ragz!!

fuzzylogic - Welcome to my blog. Thank You for liking the post :-)

I am glad you have visited so many of them. Thanks again.

faith - Forget writing??...lol. Chalo, mujhe next year aane do phir chalenge dekhne koi Church :-)

PJ maarte ho subah subah. If that was the case then I would be the first one to feature on that :P

2:15 PM  
Blogger faith said...

arey miya apne aap mitthu(parrot) banne mei koi fayada nahi na :P

so you are out ;)
ab think about moi chance haha

good morning ji

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Blogger fursat said...

faith - I know Mitthu is Parrot...lol We used to have one but I fail to understand why they name all parrots in India, Mitthu. I would rather call mine, Gajodhar [:P]

Very Good Morning!!

9:42 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Ricky dont u think St Sebastian's Church resemble to some extent the Cathedral Church of Redemption in Delhi?
Also, have u read my comment in ur food blog? (Balti Chicken)
Another thing, tell me is flickr a good option frm where ppl cant nick my pics?

12:34 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

this post inspires me to put up a similar post in my blog as well...coz i got to visit quite a few churches back home!

12:36 PM  
Blogger fursat said...

marlee - Actually you are right about St. Sebastian Church. It does look the closest to Delhi one in terms of architecture.

I will read the comment right now. Sorry, missed it.

Do write the post. I will be very interested to check it out :-)

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