Mepral Immanuel Marthoma Church

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One of the old Mar Thoma Churches. Comes under Niranam-Thiruvella Dioceses .A cemetry adjoining the church houses the resting place of some Greats in the History viz., Chandy Upadesi who with the armour of prayer drove back a charging buffallo{(*)(Vettan-pothu) *used as a warrior-horse in the case of Aswamedha by local chieftains}.Still adored as a saint by locals.George OOmmen the brain,the architect behind the Idukki Arch Dam .The local rulers,the first priest Rev.Fr.

and evangelists,etc and even an MLA.
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Coordinates:   9°23'32"N   76°32'1"E

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  • Thank you for adding this. George Oommen (my grandfather) is actually not buried at the Mepral cemetery; he is buried in Kilpauk Cemetery, Chennai as that is where he had, in 1959, suddenly taken ill and passed away. However, small marble slab in his memory lies on top of his father Poothicote Curuvilla George's grave in Mepral.
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