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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;{{Use Indian English|date=August 2018}}&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:St. Thomas Cathedral, Pala.jpg|thumb|St. Thomas Cathedral, Pala]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[File:St. Thomas Cathedral, Pala.jpg|thumb|St. Thomas Cathedral, Pala]]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;St Thomas Cathedral&#039;&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/asia/2968.htm|title=St. Thomas Cathedral, Pala, Kerala, India (Syro-Malabar)|website=www.gcatholic.org|access-date=2016-11-19}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Or simply &lt;/del&gt;&#039;&#039;Cathedral of Pala&#039;&#039; is &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the name that receives &lt;/del&gt;a &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;religious building &lt;/del&gt;that &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;belongs to the Catholic Church, &lt;/del&gt;follows the Syro-Malabar rite and is located in the town of [[Pala, Kerala|Pala]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lDhuAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=St.+Thomas+Cathedral,+Pala|title=Stark World Kerala|last=Varghese|first=Theresa|date=2006-01-01|publisher=Stark World Pub.|isbn=9788190250511|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fCaPCwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;q=St.+Thomas+Cathedral%2C+Pala&amp;amp;pg=PA351|title=The Oxford Handbook of Music and World Christianities|last1=Reily|first1=Suzel Ana|last2=Dueck|first2=Jonathan|date=2016-04-13|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199859993|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; in the state of [[Kerala]] in the south of the Asian country of [[India]]. It serves as the mother church of the [[Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Palai|Syro-Malabar Diocese or Eparchy of Palai]] (&#039;&#039; Eparchia Palaiensis&#039;&#039;) which was created in 1950 through the bull &quot;Quo Ecclesiarum&quot; of [[Pope Pius XII]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;St Thomas Cathedral&#039;&#039;&#039;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;,&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/asia/2968.htm|title=St. Thomas Cathedral, Pala, Kerala, India (Syro-Malabar)|website=www.gcatholic.org|access-date=2016-11-19}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;also known as the &#039;&lt;/ins&gt;&#039;&#039;Cathedral of Pala&#039;&#039;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&#039;, &lt;/ins&gt;is a &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Catholic church &lt;/ins&gt;that follows the Syro-Malabar rite and is located in the town of [[Pala, Kerala|Pala]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lDhuAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=St.+Thomas+Cathedral,+Pala|title=Stark World Kerala|last=Varghese|first=Theresa|date=2006-01-01|publisher=Stark World Pub.|isbn=9788190250511|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fCaPCwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;q=St.+Thomas+Cathedral%2C+Pala&amp;amp;pg=PA351|title=The Oxford Handbook of Music and World Christianities|last1=Reily|first1=Suzel Ana|last2=Dueck|first2=Jonathan|date=2016-04-13|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199859993|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; in the state of [[Kerala]] in the south of the Asian country of [[India]]. It serves as the mother church of the [[Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Palai|Syro-Malabar Diocese or Eparchy of Palai]] (&#039;&#039; Eparchia Palaiensis&#039;&#039;) which was created in 1950 through the bull &quot;Quo Ecclesiarum&quot; of [[Pope Pius XII]].&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The church was founded in the year 1002 July 3, by four Syrian Christian families. These four Christian families of [[Palai]] were [[Tharayil]], [[Koottumkal]] (brother of [[Tharayil_family_of_Pala|Tharayil]] Mappila), [[Erakonni ]] and [[Vayalakombil]]. They engaged mainly in agriculture and trade. The traditional written history is that the Pala church founded by these families. Tharayil Thomman Mappila and Vayalakombil Thomman Mappila seek the permission to build a church at Pala. But the local ruler meenachil kartha&amp;#039;s (karthavu) asked them to bring two more families. Erakonni family joined with them And still they Were in need of one more family. So Tharayil mappila brought his own brother&amp;#039;s son from kaduthuruthy  to Pala and their family name turned as Koottumkal family, in order to construct the church. Meenachil Karthas gave land on the banks of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;meenachil river&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and the church was constructed. These four families stayed in and around the church and opposite to the church.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The church was founded in the year 1002 July 3, by four Syrian Christian families. These four Christian families of [[Palai]] were [[Tharayil]], [[Koottumkal]] (brother of [[Tharayil_family_of_Pala|Tharayil]] Mappila), [[Erakonni ]] and [[Vayalakombil]]. They engaged mainly in agriculture and trade. The traditional written history is that the Pala church founded by these families. Tharayil Thomman Mappila and Vayalakombil Thomman Mappila seek the permission to build a church at Pala. But the local ruler meenachil kartha&amp;#039;s (karthavu) asked them to bring two more families. Erakonni family joined with them And still they Were in need of one more family. So Tharayil mappila brought his own brother&amp;#039;s son from kaduthuruthy  to Pala and their family name turned as Koottumkal family, in order to construct the church. Meenachil Karthas gave land on the banks of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;meenachil river&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and the church was constructed. These four families stayed in and around the church and opposite to the church.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Pala Old church (വലിയ പള്ളി) ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;==Pala Old church (വലിയ പള്ളി) ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[File:Pala old Church.jpg|thumb|Pala old church ( വലിയ പള്ളി) built by srampickal Ittan mappilai]]&lt;/del&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-added&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Old church was rebuilt three times and the Present old church rebuilt in 1702 by [[Srampickal Ittan Mappilai]] a member of Tharayil family who was a chief trader and agriculturist of the land and when a mukalappada from Tamil Nadu set fire to the church during the last decade of the 17th century. Since the land where the church was situated which was owned by Ittan Mappilai, he built the church with his own money and ran out of money when the church was completed, which also left him in debt. According to his last wish He died lying on the Veranda of the church on 30 November 1702, and was buried in the church cemetery.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=ലത്തീന്‍ – സീറോ മലബാര്‍ റീത്ത് വിദ്വേഷം (ചാക്കോ കളരിക്കല്‍) |url=http://www.malayalamdailynews.com/?p=108568 |work=Malayalam Daily News |date=27 August 2014 |language=ml}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The Old church was rebuilt three times and the Present old church rebuilt in 1702 by [[Srampickal Ittan Mappilai]] a member of Tharayil family who was a chief trader and agriculturist of the land and when a mukalappada from Tamil Nadu set fire to the church during the last decade of the 17th century. Since the land where the church was situated which was owned by Ittan Mappilai, he built the church with his own money and ran out of money when the church was completed, which also left him in debt. According to his last wish He died lying on the Veranda of the church on 30 November 1702, and was buried in the church cemetery.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=ലത്തീന്‍ – സീറോ മലബാര്‍ റീത്ത് വിദ്വേഷം (ചാക്കോ കളരിക്കല്‍) |url=http://www.malayalamdailynews.com/?p=108568 |work=Malayalam Daily News |date=27 August 2014 |language=ml}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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[[File:St. Thomas Cathedral, Pala.jpg|thumb|St. Thomas Cathedral, Pala]]&lt;br /&gt;
&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;St Thomas Cathedral&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/churches/asia/2968.htm|title=St. Thomas Cathedral, Pala, Kerala, India (Syro-Malabar)|website=www.gcatholic.org|access-date=2016-11-19}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Or simply &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Cathedral of Pala&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is the name that receives a religious building that belongs to the Catholic Church, follows the Syro-Malabar rite and is located in the town of [[Pala, Kerala|Pala]]&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lDhuAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;q=St.+Thomas+Cathedral,+Pala|title=Stark World Kerala|last=Varghese|first=Theresa|date=2006-01-01|publisher=Stark World Pub.|isbn=9788190250511|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fCaPCwAAQBAJ&amp;amp;q=St.+Thomas+Cathedral%2C+Pala&amp;amp;pg=PA351|title=The Oxford Handbook of Music and World Christianities|last1=Reily|first1=Suzel Ana|last2=Dueck|first2=Jonathan|date=2016-04-13|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780199859993|language=en}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; in the state of [[Kerala]] in the south of the Asian country of [[India]]. It serves as the mother church of the [[Syro-Malabar Eparchy of Palai|Syro-Malabar Diocese or Eparchy of Palai]] (&amp;#039;&amp;#039; Eparchia Palaiensis&amp;#039;&amp;#039;) which was created in 1950 through the bull &amp;quot;Quo Ecclesiarum&amp;quot; of [[Pope Pius XII]].&lt;br /&gt;
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The church was founded in the year 1002 July 3, by four Syrian Christian families. These four Christian families of [[Palai]] were [[Tharayil]], [[Koottumkal]] (brother of [[Tharayil_family_of_Pala|Tharayil]] Mappila), [[Erakonni ]] and [[Vayalakombil]]. They engaged mainly in agriculture and trade. The traditional written history is that the Pala church founded by these families. Tharayil Thomman Mappila and Vayalakombil Thomman Mappila seek the permission to build a church at Pala. But the local ruler meenachil kartha&amp;#039;s (karthavu) asked them to bring two more families. Erakonni family joined with them And still they Were in need of one more family. So Tharayil mappila brought his own brother&amp;#039;s son from kaduthuruthy  to Pala and their family name turned as Koottumkal family, in order to construct the church. Meenachil Karthas gave land on the banks of &amp;#039;&amp;#039;meenachil river&amp;#039;&amp;#039; and the church was constructed. These four families stayed in and around the church and opposite to the church.&lt;br /&gt;
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==Pala Old church (വലിയ പള്ളി) ==&lt;br /&gt;
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[[File:Pala old Church.jpg|thumb|Pala old church ( വലിയ പള്ളി) built by srampickal Ittan mappilai]]&lt;br /&gt;
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The Old church was rebuilt three times and the Present old church rebuilt in 1702 by [[Srampickal Ittan Mappilai]] a member of Tharayil family who was a chief trader and agriculturist of the land and when a mukalappada from Tamil Nadu set fire to the church during the last decade of the 17th century. Since the land where the church was situated which was owned by Ittan Mappilai, he built the church with his own money and ran out of money when the church was completed, which also left him in debt. According to his last wish He died lying on the Veranda of the church on 30 November 1702, and was buried in the church cemetery.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news |title=ലത്തീന്‍ – സീറോ മലബാര്‍ റീത്ത് വിദ്വേഷം (ചാക്കോ കളരിക്കല്‍) |url=http://www.malayalamdailynews.com/?p=108568 |work=Malayalam Daily News |date=27 August 2014 |language=ml}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The new church of Cathedral as seen now was built under the leadership of Mar. Sebastian Vayalil, the first bishop of Palai.&lt;br /&gt;
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==See also==&lt;br /&gt;
* [[List of Jesuit sites]]&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:Churches in Kottayam district]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Pala, Kerala]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Syro-Malabar Catholic cathedrals]]&lt;br /&gt;
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