medak church

In 1896, when the district was struck by famine, Rev. Charles Walker Posnett, a missionary, evolved the ‘food for work’ programme. If villagers contributed to building the church, they could in turn earn food. The church that owes its name to ‘methukulu’ (meaning rice in Telugu), which is why the place is also called Medak. That set the ball rolling for this renowned Gothic structure.The church, the single largest diocese in Asia and the second largest in the world after the Vatican , is built in solid white granite. From 1914 to 1924, the farmers toiled to erect the church and Thomas Edward Harding, the architect, left no stone unturned in building the cathedral. For the floor, tiles from famous potteries were shipped from England. Then, Italian workmen were brought from Bombay to lay them. The tile’s design is an intricate one in six colours — red, brown, black, yellow, chocolate and grey. The marble on the chancel floor and the reredos behind the Holy communion is from Italy.“A mix of coconut oil and kerosene is used to clean the stained glass and the tiles. While the glass is cleaned once a week, the tiles are maintained on a daily basis. A proposal to stone wash the granite, loosely called glasswool, is also on the anvil.” All the stained glass windows have inscriptions in English, Hindi and Telugu. The Hindi inscription came later, at the instance of Vijaylakshmi Pandit, sister of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, who felt that the national language must find a mention on the stained glass.Now it has a Arch while entering the Church.
The church is a mere two-hour drive off National Highway 7 from Hyderabad.

Hi, Viewers,
This is Rasool Baig of Medak did schooling from vps medak & completed Inter from Govt.jr college. My best frndz are Tony,Ranjit,Narsimulu,Babu,Vivek,Anil,Sultan,Khaleel,Syed,Lokanand. We use to play in the ground opposite to Church while i stayed there.Currently working as a system admin In a toefl test center. If there is any mistake in my editing please forgive me. God Bless You.