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Marthoma Research Academy is a research wing of Marthoma Pontifical Shrine. Marthoma Pontifical Shrine is shrine of national and international importance where the right hand of St. Thomas is kept for public veneration. In AD 52 St. Thomas landed at Kodungallur. Thousands of pilgrims come to this place to venerate this relic.The purpose of starting MRA is to give intellectual support to the pilgrim who comes to the shrine.
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ABOUT KODUNGALLUR
The ancient name of Cranganore is Muziris or Muchiripattanam in the mouth of Periyar in Tamil iteration. Muziris was a famous port in the Silk Root between Arabia and China. The foreign explores,merchants,missionaries and adventures entered the subcontinent of India through this maritime routs...
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ST. THOMAS SHRINE
St. Thomas is the Apostle of India. He is venerated as the father of faith in India. St. Thomas Christians in Kerala and all over world consider St.Thomas as their father. This is a most vibrant tradition of Kerala.AD 52 is a date implanted in the mind of all St. Thomas Christians irrespective of dominations....
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ABOUT CMI
The impetus for starting an institute of ours at Kodungallur, hallowed by the landing of St. Thomas, was given by the late Msgr. George Alappatt, Bishop of Trichur. This was materialized by starting the Marthoma Pontifical Shirne at Azhikode in 1953. The dynamism of Bishop Clemens Thottungal, made...