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2 unusual facts about Ernest Forrester Paton


Ernest Forrester Paton

He was the co-founder of Christukula Ashram, the first Protestant Christian Ashram in India, along with S. Jesudasan, a fellow missionary and Tamilian convert to Christianity, at Tirupattur of North Arcot, Tamilnadu—part of then-Madras Presidency in South India.

With consultations from then-prominent Indian leaders like Gandhi and Rajaji, Ernest and Jesudasan established the Christukula Ashram(also Christu-Kula Ashram), family of Christ Ashram, in 1921 at Tirupattur in North Arcot, Tamilnadu—South India.



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