Who spread Christianity in India?

Christianity in other parts of India spread under the colonial regimes of the Dutch, Danish, French and most importantly the English from the early 17th century to the time of the Indian Independence in 1947.

Which Apostle took the gospel to India?

Priests of Kali Then, according to the third-century Acts of Thomas, in the year 52, the apostle sailed, in the company of a Jewish traveler named Abbanes, to the southern tip of India, to the port of Muziris, present-day Pattanam, in Kerala state.

Is Jesus visited India?

“Jesus is said to have visited our land and Kashmir to study Buddhism. He was inspired by the laws and wisdom of Buddha,” a senior lama of the Hemis monastery told IANS. According to Roerich, “Jesus passed his time in several ancient cities of India such as Benares or Varanasi”.

Did St Thomas really come to India?

St Thomas never came to India, Its Thomas of Cana who brought Christianity to Kerala. They came from Iraq in the 9th century. Christians changed later it to St Thomas to claim Christians were there in India since the first century.

Which is the first church in India?

A beautiful Church located in a peaceful suburb in Kerala !! Palayur famous for the Christian St. Thomas Church which is believed to have founded by St. Thomas the Apostle in 52 AD was the first Christian Church in India.

When did Jesus go to India?

In the late medieval period, there appeared Arthurian legends that the young Jesus had been in Britain. In the 19th and 20th centuries theories began to emerge that between the ages of 12 and 29 Jesus had visited India, or had studied with the Essenes in the Judea desert.

Where did Jesus live in India?

Jesus Christ did not die on the cross, nor did he ascend to Heaven. Instead he went over to Kashmir, lived there for some time, died a natural death and is buried in Rauza Bal, Khanyar, a densely populated area in the interior of the city of Srinagar.