Section
Index:
1.
Painting
of Mary with Infant jesus
2. Glass
paintings
3. Painting
of Mary with Infant jesus
4. Statue
of Doubting St. Thomas
5. Standing
Image of St. Thomas
6. Statue
of St. Thomas
7. Statue
of Doubting St. Thomas
8. Oil
painting of Last supper
9. Painting
of n old Church
10.Painting
of n old Church
11. Standing
Image of St. Thomas
12. Statue
of Our Lady of Mylapore
13. Painting
of Apostle St. Thomas
14. Image
of St. Thomas
15. Painting
of Apostle St. Thomas
16. Image
of St. Thomas
17. Image
of St. Thomas
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Painting
of Mary with Infant jesus in the St. Thomas
Shrine, Chennai, INDIA
Artist : St. Luke (Possibly)
Period: 1st Century
Discription: Believed to be brought by St. Thomas
from Jerusalem. For more
details click here
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Glass
paintings in the Santhome Basalica, Chennai,
INDIA
Artist : Unknown
Period: 15th Century
Discription: Believed to be portuguese origin during
the Church re-construction
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Painting
of Mary with Infant jesus ---
Artist : --------
Period: -------
Discription: ---------
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Statue
of Doubting St. Thomas in the ------
Artist : -- to be inserted---
Period: 19th Century
Discription: ------
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Standing
Image of St. Thomas seen in Malabar Area
Artist : Unknown
Period: Unknown
Discription: Believed to be portuguese or greek origin
brought to India by Catholics
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Statue
of St. Thomas in the Santhome Basalica,
Chennai, INDIA
Artist : Unknown
Period: 15th Century
Discription: Believed to be portuguese origin during
the Church re-construction
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Statue
of Doubting St. Thomas in the ------
Artist : -- to be inserted---
Period: 19th Century
Discription: ------
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Oil
painting of Last supper in the ------
Artist : -- to be inserted---
Period: 19th Century
Discription: ------
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Painting
of n old Church
in the ------
Artist : -- to be inserted---
Period: 19th Century
Discription: ------
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Painting
of n old Church
in the ------
Artist : -- to be inserted---
Period: 19th Century
Discription: ------
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Standing
Image of St. Thomas represnted in Malabar
Area, INDIA
Artist : Unknown
Period: Unknown
Discription: A very popular and widely used portrait
of St. Thomas in Kerala. Believed to be an Indian
painting.
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Statue
of Our Lady of Mylapore in the Santhome
Basalica, Chennai, INDIA
Artist : Unknown
Period: AD 1545
Discription: Believed to be portuguese origin during
the Church re-construction
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Painting
of Apostle St. Thomas
in the ------
Artist : -- to be inserted---
Period: 19th Century
Discription: ------
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Image of St. Thomas represnted in Edessa
Area, Eurasia
Artist : Unknown
Period: Unknown
Discription: A very popular and widely used portrait
of St. Thomas in Edessa.
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Painting
of Apostle St. Thomas
in the ------
Artist : -- to be inserted---
Period: 19th Century
Discription: ------
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Image of St. Thomas represnted in Greece/Edessa
Area, Eurasia
Artist : Unknown
Period: Unknown
Discription: -----
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Image of St. Thomas represnted in India
Artist : Unknown
Period: Unknown
Discription: -----
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1. ST. FRANCIS XAVIER DRIVING AWAY HIS ENEMIES
St.
Francis Xavier often visited Mylapore and prayed
at the Tomb of St. Thomas. Once he stayed about
4 months with the Parish Priest, in his house (which
today corresponds to the Sacristy of the Cathedral)
and used to daily, even at night, go to the Tomp
and pray there. The Two Apostles are linked in this
way and are called Apostles of India.
The
picture above depicts the driving away of enemies
who had decided to kill him. Here is a brief account
which is said to have happened in a town near Kottar:
When
the Badages, a tribe of savages and public robbers,
having plundered many other places, made inroads
into Travancore, he marched up to the enemy, with
a crucifix in his hand, at the head of a small group
of fervent Christians, and, with a commanding air,
bade them, in the name of the living God, not to
pass further, but to return the way they came. His
words cast such a terror into the minds of the leaders
who were at the head of the barbarians, that they
stood some time confounded, and without motion;
then retired in disorder, and quitted the country.
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2.
E LOG
Now the 'forest tree of size unmeasured' or the
great 'log' plays an important part in the local
legends of Mylapore and helps to identify the place,
for, it is said, it blocked up the river and no
human force could move it, until the Apostle drew
it after him by means of his girdle. The king thereupon
gave him leave to make his chapel of the same piece
of wood. This legend of the log is related by Bishop
John de Marignolli and by Linschoten (see page 1125-1127
of India and the Apostle St. Thomas by Medlycott, 1905).
In course of time a monastery was added to the Church,
and the spot came to be known among the Persian
and Arab traders as Betumah, the House of St. Thomas.
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