GK
INDIAN CULTURE
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Question
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Chennai Coast
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Malabar Coast
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Gujarat Coast
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None of these
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Detailed explanation-1: -The written records of the Saint Thomas Christians state that Christianity was introduced in the Indian subcontinent by Thomas the Apostle, who sailed to the Malabar region in the present-day Kerala state in 52 AD.
Detailed explanation-2: -Some say Christianity in India dates back to the earliest followers of Jesus in the first century C.E. Today, there are millions of Christians in the country, although they make up just 2.4% of India’s massive population.
Detailed explanation-3: -The tradition of origin among Saint Thomas Christians relates to the arrival of Saint Thomas, one of the 12 disciples of Jesus at the ancient seaport Muziris on the Kerala coast in AD 52. It is also possible for Aramaic-speaking Jews from Galilee to make a trip to Kerala in the 1st century.
Detailed explanation-4: -There’s an assumption that there were no Christians in India until the Western missionaries brought the Gospel to this land of pagans, and that’s not the truth at all. DE SAM LAZARO: Long before it reached many parts of Europe, Christianity came across the Arabian Sea to Kerala along the thriving spice trade routes.