Talk:St. Mary's Church, Thiruvithamcode

Merging
Looks like this article should be merged with Thiruvithancode church. ~ Eliz 81 (C)  18:24, 2 January 2010 (UTC)

Statements About Nair Clan is False and Needed to be Revised
Reference:

NAIRS ARE CONSIDERED AS ARCHAIC(very ancient) COMMUNITY

"The Nairs paid no land tax, but attend the kings to the field with their retainers." page 563 of below mentioned book.

"European travelers, when brought in contact with any genuine survival of archaic gynecocracy, like that of the Nairs or Towareks, are always struck by the liberty of the women as a kind of organized licence." page 457 of below mentioned book.

"In the most archaic communities, like the ancient Nabataeans and the modern Nairs, where property passes to the children through the mother only, the wife does not enter into any such partnership with regard to the inherited property of the husband, though it is customary for him to contribute, out of his earnings, to the establishment and maintenance of the household." page 211 of the below mentioned book.

"The Translator of Barbosa's Description of Malabar conjectured that Plato may have borrowed the family law of his Republic from that of the Nairs, who also bear a considerable resemblance to his class of guardians; and the undoubted resemblance between Cretan or Spartan and Malayali usage makes it almost certain that Plato had in his mind a phase of Cretan custom developed in a direction approaching more or less closely to that of Malabar." page 485 of below mentioned book.

"These Nayars being heads of the Calicut people, resemble the parliament and do not obey the King's dictates in all things, but chastise his ministers when they do unwarrantable acts. Thus from the earliest times, down to the eighteenth century, the Nair Thara and Naadu organization kept the country from tyranny and oppression, and so secured the prosperity of Malayali people and the importance of Calicut as an emporium for trade between east and west. page 548 of below mentioned book.

(Premitive Civilizations or - Outlines of the History of Ownership In Archaic Communities, Volume 1) By Edith Jemima Simcox

Nagavanshi Kshatriyas came from Ahichatra and joined with nair clan, It is not the beginning of nair History

Please refer the talk page of Nair article

1st century claims
It is one thing to claim that St. Thomas evangelized South India. This is a well-known tradition, amply discussed at Thomas_the_Apostle and related articles. It is another thing to claim that this specific building has foundations dating back to the 1st century. Some sort of verifiable evidence to the existence of the claim, and its nature, would be appreciated. Is this just some idle folk tradition (which is bound to associate dozens of old churches across India with Thomas), or is there some archaeological evidence that the building has indeed foundations that at least predate the 16th century? --dab (𒁳) 10:19, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Geo Coordinates
What is the exact Geo Coordinates? Can any body local say which is the exact location, I see multiple locations when searching google map and wikimapia St. Thomas Church AD 63 (Er. by St. Thomas, the Apostle of India) It's a historic place & Church. http://wikimapia.org/#lat=8.2417754&lon=77.3017194&z=19&l=0&m=b

St. Thomas Int'l Pilgrim Centre - AD 63 Churh Constructed by St.Thomas in AD 63. http://wikimapia.org/#lat=8.23172&lon=77.301824&z=19&l=0&m=b

St Thomas International Pilgrim Center SH 180, Thiruvithamcode, Tamil Nadu, India https://maps.google.com/maps?q=St.+Mary%27s+Orthodox+Church,+Thiruvithamcode,+Tamil+Nadu,+India.&hl=en&ll=8.233327,77.301666&spn=0.002124,0.003699&t=h&z=19

Thanks in advance --208.15.90.2 (talk) 00:32, 17 November 2012 (UTC)