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Sunday 23 February 2014

NSC NETWORK Alengad Sliva- The Neglected Jewel of the ancient Christian settlement in Alengad and the most ancient Christian artefact of Malabar. NSC NETWORK

alengadu cross Alengad Sliva The Neglected Jewel of the ancient Christian settlement in Alengad and the most ancient Christian artefact of Malabar.
Authored by our member,  (to whom many thanks for keeping the Society mindful of the Christian tradition of St Thomas in India and now its diaspora) on Saturday, February 15, 2014

Alengad  Sliva is an ancient Persian Cross discovered in Kerala in 1931. It is a granite plain bas relief Cross with Pahlavi inscriptions. There are a number of plain Crosses of  similar design with three bud like arrangements at the ends of the arms with a floral design on the base and a descending dove on the top. This family of plain Crosses are called Persian Crosses, on account of the inscriptions in Pahlavi, a middle Persian language. These Crosses denote the strong connection of the Christians of Malabar coast with the Christianity in Persian Empire- the Church of the East and a definite Pahlavi phase of the East Syrian Christianity of Malabar.
 
Alengad is a village in Ernakulam District in the South Indian State of Kerala, 7 km from Aluva and 19 km from Kodungalloor. Saint Mary’s Church at Alengad is an ancient church established in the 14th century AD dedicated to Saint Mary, the Mother of the Lord Isho Misiha.
 
In ancient accounts, Alengad was called Mangate.
 
Discovery of the Alengad Sliva
Alengad Cross was discovered by Rev. Fr. Joseph C  Panjikaren in 1931 found lying on the wayside unrecognised. (20 January 1931) This was thought as a milestone. This Cross was then placed in a wayside shrine near the Church at Alengad.


Read more with further picture here:

http://www.thomaschristians.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/alengad-sliva-neglected-jewel-of.html

and here:

NSC NETWORK Alengad Sliva- The Neglected Jewel of the ancient Christian settlement in Alengad and the most ancient Christian artefact of Malabar. NSC NETWORK
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