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Tarisappalli
() or () was a Church of the East, Persian Saint Thomas Christians, Syrian Christian church in Kollam, Kollam. The first written mention of this church comes from the Quilon Syrian copper plates, Tarisappaḷḷi Copper Plates of Venad kingdom, Venad. Tradition has it that this ancient church in Kollam is one of the seven churches founded by the disciple of Jesus, Jesus Christ, Thomas the Apostle. Kollam is one of the most prominent of the (seven churches) traditionally believed to have been founded by the Apostle Thomas in the 1st century AD. This is the second church among the seven according to the . However like most other churches in Malabar, its later history is unclear. The recorded history of the church begins with the Tarisappaḷḷi Edict issued by the King of Venadu in 849 AD. It is traditionally believed among the Saint Thomas Christians that the Persian saints Mar Sabor and Mar Proth, Sabor and Aproth, who came to Malabar at that time rebuilt this ruined churc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quilon Syrian Copper Plates
The Kollam (Quilon) Syrian copper plates, also known as the Kollam Tarisappalli copper plates, or Kottayam inscription of Sthanu Ravi, or Tabula Quilonensis (c. 849 CE) are a copper plate grant issued by Ayyan Adikal, the chieftain of Kollam, conferring privileges upon a Syrian Christian merchant named Maruvan Sapir Iso, in the name of the Tarissapalli in Kollam, southern India. The inscription — notably incomplete — is engraved on five copper plates (four horizontal and on vertical) in Tamil, using the Vattezhuthu script with necessary Grantha characters. It is considered the oldest available inscription from the Chera Perumal dynasty. The charter is dated to the fifth regnal year of medieval Chera ruler Sthanu Ravi Kulasekhara (849/850 CE). Until 2013, it was believed that the five plates represented two separate grants (dated separately), issued at different times, to Syrian Christian merchants on the Malabar Coast. A second inscription mentioning another "Tarisapp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
