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What’s special about Kerala?

What’s special about Kerala?. It’s Fr. Joe Thundiyil Chacko’s (our inspiration and mentor) home state. His family lives in the Changanacherry area Many of India’s Catholic priests and nuns come from here

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What’s special about Kerala?

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  1. What’s special about Kerala? • It’s Fr. Joe Thundiyil Chacko’s (our inspiration and mentor) home state. His family lives in the Changanacherry area • Many of India’s Catholic priests and nuns come from here • It’s called “God’s Country” and a model of how all of Abraham’s 3 faiths (Jews, Christians, Muslims) ought to live together and interact

  2. The State of Kerala is located on the south west coast of India

  3. Inhabited for over 5000 years • Small principalities prior to British rule • Formed only 60 years ago @ British Departure • East & West Pakistan were carved out of the partitioning of the India sub continent… • E. Pakistan became Bangladesh which to this day contributes to the Pakistan-India friction 28 states & 7 territories set mostly along language lines

  4. Kerala • 32 Million  people – slightly less than California • 15,000 sq-mi Slightly larger than Maryland • highest literate rate 91% & life expectancy at 73 years, but lowest birth rate • Malayalam is main language • Jewish settlements in 573 BC • St. Thomas visited around 52 AD • Portuguese, then Dutch controlled area 1498 -1741 • Most Christians follow the Syrian (Orthodox) Catholic rite • Poverty rate is 10%

  5. Changanacherry is ~2 hour ride from Airport in Kochi • Portions of Vembanadu Lake reclaimed for rice paddies & is called Venice of the East • Nehru Boat races held annually on the lake

  6. Kerala Religions Christian, 19.3% Hindu , 57.4% Muslim, 23.3% For more on Kerala, go to: www.kerala.com

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