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Religion in Tamil Nadu consists of various religions practiced by the populace of the state. Hinduism is the predominant religion in the state with significant Christian and Muslim minorities. As a home to a multitude of religions, the Tamil culture reflects the influence of the same. Various places of worship are spread across the state.
The Salvation Army is an International Christian Church and charitable organisation. There are six territories in India; Eastern, Western, Northern, Central, South Eastern and South Western Territory. Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry come under the Central and South Eastern Territory. There are more than 1000 churches over Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry.
After he drank it, the woman told the boy to visit a gentleman in the next town and ask him to build a chapel in her honour at that location. As the boy set out he realised he had been healed and was no longer lame. A small thatched chapel was built shortly thereafter in honour of "Our Lady of Good Health" or Aarokia Maatha in Tamil. [2]
Tranquebar, Tamil Nadu (Presently Under the Pastorate of Karaikal - Tranquebar, Tiruchirappalli - Thanjavur Diocese) Merger of Church of India, Burma and Ceylon (Anglican), the southern district of the Methodist Church , South India United Church (which was a union in 1904 of the Continental Reformed, Presbyterian and Congregational Churches ...
Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg monument in Tranquebar, Tamil Nadu, South India. The Tamil Evangelical Lutheran Church is a Christian denomination in south India, which was established in 1919 [1] and has approximately 500,000 members. [2] Its headquarters is in Trichy, Tamil Nadu. [1] It is one of the prominent mainline Lutheran churches in Tamil Nadu.
Arthur Margoschis – Nazareth, Tamil Nadu – SPG missionary; Julia Lore McGrew - medical missionary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church; Volbrecht Nagel – German missionary to India; Jessie Kelp (later Jessie Pigott) in Allahabad and Delhi (1887–9) [3]
Portuguese arrived in 1522 and built a port called "San thome" (present Santhome in Chennai) and "Santhome Church" after the Christian apostle, St. Thomas, who is believed to have preached in the area between 52 and 70 CE. [1] The English East India Company under Francis Day bought lands in Chennai and made On 22 August 1639 as Madras Day.
Christian schools in Tamil Nadu (67 P) Pages in category "Christianity in Tamil Nadu" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.