Malayattoor
Malayattoor is a village in Aluva taluk around 15 km northeast of Angamaly in Ernakulam District in the state of Kerala in South India. The name 'Malayattoor' is an amalgamation of the words mala, arr, and oore.
Location
Located 40 km from Kochi, the Malayatoor Kurishumdy church is situated atop the 609 m high Kurishumudy. The church is dedicated to St. Thomas, who is believed to have prayed at this shrine. One of the most important Christian pilgrim centres in Kerala, it attracts devotees in very large numbers from Kerala and the neighbouring states. The church is situated at Kurisumudi, a hill in the Western Ghats girdled partially by the Periyar (river). The Church has a life-size statue of St. Thomas and the imprint of the feet of the Apostle on a rock. This shrine has been accorded an international pilgrimage station.Administration
Malayattoor is part of the Malayattoor-Neeleeswaram Panchayat of Ernakulam district..Malayattor is a part of Angamly Block.Malayattoor Forest Division, an important Forest Division under Central Forest Circle is headquartered here. The division was established in the year 1914, much before the Ernakulam District came into existence. The jurisdiction of this division covers the greater part of Ernakulam district including the urban-suburban area and adjoining forests unto boundary of Tamil Nadu.People
Most people follow Roman Catholic and Hindu beliefs. All the families are known by traditional family names.- Christian
- * Syro-Malabar
Medical centres
Sparsham Medical Care. Vimalagiri
Jeevadhara Institute of Neuro Development And Research.
Ayush Prana Ayurveda Hospital & Research Center For Multiple Sclerosis.
Primary Health Center Illithodu.
Government Homeo Hospital Naduvattom.
Education
- St. Thomas HSS Malayattoor
- St. Joseph Lp School malayattoor
- SNDP HSS Neeleeswaram
- St.Mary LP School
- Govt. LP School Malayattoor
- New Man Academy Vimalagiri
- Tolins International School Malayattoor
Industries
Movies shot in Malayattoor.
Malayattoor is a famous movie shooting location in South India.Eeta
St. Thomas
Ulavuthurai
Bhalevadivi Basu
Maniyanpilla Adhava Maniyanpilla
Aparichithan
Chinthamani Kolacase
Orma Mathram
Sye Raa Narasimha Reddy
Pulimurugan
Puli
saira narasimha reddy
Brothers Day
Kannur Squad
Transportation
Nearest railway station Angamaly for KaladyCochin International Airport is about 18 kilometres from Malayattoor. The airport is well connected to all major airports in India and also connected to many foreign cities. Direct flights are available to Chennai, New Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata.
Pilgrimage
St. Thomas is believed to have landed in Kerala at Kodungallur in AD 52.AD 62 St Thomas returns to Malankara coast via Malayatur where he establishes ‘the half
Church’.
Oral tradition says that while travelling through Malayattoor, faced with hostile natives, he fled to the hilltop where he is said to have remained in prayer and that he left his foot prints on one of the rocks. According to beliefs, during prayer, he touched a rock, upon which blood poured from it.
The chief festival is on the first Sunday after Easter. It is traditionally believed that St. Thomas used to make the Sign of the Cross on the rock, kiss it and pray at Kurisumudi. The story has it that a miraculous golden cross appeared at that particular spot. Pilgrims going up the hill to call out incessantly "Ponnum Kurishu Muthappo, Ponmala Kayattom", meaning "O Patriarch of the Golden Cross! Climb we shall, this golden hill!"
This Shrine was promoted to Archdiocesan status by Archbishop Mar Varkey Vithayathil on 4 September 1998. There is also a very ancient Church in the name of St Thomas at Malayattoor on the bank of Periyar River which serves as the parish Church at present. The annual festival of this church is known as 'Malayatoor Perunal' and it is celebrated in the months of March–April.