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3 unusual facts about Christianity in India


Abraham Barak Salem

The separation resembled Indian discrimination against lower castes, which was sometimes repeated in Christian churches in India.

Church of Our Lady of Light, Chennai

The historical background of this church is intertwined with the traditional history of Christianity in India.

Valle de los Caídos

A number of rock crosses, free-standing outdoor stone crosses are to be found in Kerala churches of southern India, many of them from pre-Portuguese times that look exactly like the Valle de los Caídos rock cross but much smaller, of a height of 15–35 ft.



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Ancient Crosses of India

A cultural adaptation of local imagery, the lotus is the national flower of India and the cross fixed on the lotus would symbolize Christianity in India in the first century.

Manilal C. Parekh

Manilal Chhotalal Parekh (1885-1967), a Gujurati convert to Anglican church, was an Indian Christian theologian, and the founder of Hindu Church of Christ—free from Western influence - opposing Western and institutional nature of Christianity in India.