7 people were killed in the firing - people from the Mattoor, Kyppattoor and Kottamam parishes of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Archdiocese of Ernakulam.
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The Angamaly Firing was an incident that took place in Angamaly, Kerala, on June 13, 1959, when police opened fire on protesters who had been demonstrating against Kerala's communist government.
Kottekkavu (N. Parur) and Kokkamangalam / Pallippuram (Cherthala) are two places where St Thomas established churches in the first century.
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St. Thomas who reached Kerala in AD 52 brought Christianity to India.
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Many places which are believed to be associated with the coming of St. Thomas are in this diocese.
This Cross is at St. Mary's Church under the diocese of Ernakulam- Angamaly of the Syro Malabar Church.
Angamaly Diocese is the largest of the 21 Diocess of Jacobite Syrian Christian Church.
It was founded on 19 March 1931 in a small village called Mookkannur by Mar Augustine Kandathil, the Metropolitan of Ernakulam and head of the Syro-Malabar Church.