Kolath / Kolathu / Koleth family is an ancient Suriyani (Syrian) Christian family, based in Kozhencherry, in Pathanamthitta district in Kerala, India, spread all over the world. They are popularly known as Syrian Christians in view of the Syriac (classical form of Aramaic) liturgy used in church services since the early days of Christianity in India and not for any Syrian migration. They are also known as Nazaranis (followers of Jesus the Nazarene).
History
It is a very difficult task to delineate the Kolath family history of 2000 years as no effort so far has been undertaken in this direction. The Kerala tradition does not have a system of recording and handing over the details of historical incidents and records. Hence we have to depend on the church history, social history, oral tradition and legends handed down the generations to distill history out of them.
In the year AD 1342 an Arab historian visited Malabar in Kerala. According to him 12 rulers reigned in Malabar at that time. One of the powerful Kingdoms in Malabar was Kolathunadu ruled by King Kolathiri. During his reign his capital was at Karipath in Thaliparambu. Thereafter the capital was shifted to Ezhimala.
At Karippath, the Kolathiri had some dispute with the Brahmins ( Hindu Priestly class), and he shifted his operations to Ezhimala. Since Brahmins alone can do rituals and perform Poojas, he was left with no other option but to invite Brahmins from Tulunadu - a place well known for the cultural and fighting spirit of Kerala. Tulunadu is the birthplace of famous warriors like Aromal Chekavar, Unniarcha and so on.
As King Kolathiri was a powerful ruler, the Brahmins who disputed with him were left alone. Fearing vengeance from the King, all the Brahmins there left Kolathirinadu . They traveled further south and settled in Kodungallor. Kodumgallor was a port town that carried business with many other foreign countries. In fact St Thomas also landed in Kodungalloor on his Appostolic mission to India. Kodungallor was invaded by Cheraman Perumal who founded the Chera Dynasty. This Dynasty was a powerful one and the ruler was very pious and generous.
In AD 52, St. Thomas Apostle landed in Kodungallor. He converted many Brahmin families (Nampothiries) to Christianity. The Cheraman Permual who was ruling at that time, gave enough freedom to St. Thomas to propagate Christianity. St Thomas did may miracles there and the King himself was blessed with the arrival of St Thomas. This was the golden period of Chera Dynasty.
In AD 345 Knai Thomman - a Jewish businessman along with 400 men landed in Kodungalloor. Cheraman Perumal ruling at that time, gave them land and freedom to do business. They exported Pepper, Ginger, Cardamom and other spices to far away countries. Kodungallor flourished as the best business port in Kerala. The King gave special status and designations to Knai Thomman and his men.
In 1500 AD, a Portuguese ship while on its voyage to Goa landed in Kodungalloor. The Christians in Kodungalloor welcomed these Portuguese sailors and accorded them a warm reception. However the king feared that these sailors were spies and that they with the numerous Christian families therein will overthrow him. Hence the king took repressive measures on the Christians. Christian's fearing the wrath of the King fled from Kodungalloor and migrated to Kadumthurithy. But they could not cope with the Kadunthuruthy King and so they traveled further South. These Christian families on their way to the South were scattered with some families settling in Ramapuram, Kuravilangadu, etc. Some migrated further to the South. Among those families such as Pakalomattam, Kalikavu etc. Our forefathers, Mathai and Thoma also travelled South and landed in Kozhencherry. There Thoma settled at a place East of river Pampa and Mathai (the younger one ) settled on the West of the river (Nedumprayar). Since these brothers came from Kolathunadu, they were known as Kolath Kudumbam (family).
Mathai had one son who got married to a girl from Chambakulam . After Mathai's death, his son also came to an untimely end survived by his wife and a child As the wife and child were left alone, the wife's family took them to Chambakkulam.. There at Champakulam they had family connections with the Kurialassery family. However that was the last connection we had with that branch. Even though Mathai's property at Nedumprayar was sold, it is still known as 'Kolath purayidam'.
Thoma settled in the old road (Pazhaya Theruvu) However, due to water shortage, he sold that property to the "Pattars" (Brahmins ) and settled in Kattoor, North of Kozhencherry. He had a son named John. One day as John was going to Aranmula he passed through the "Old Street", and finding his ancestral land, asked the Pattars (Brahmin) to give him the land for a price. However the pattars did not sell that land. Thereafter John sold the property at Kattoor and went to Ullannor. However the locals there were not good people to mingle with. By that time he heard that Kozhencherry was going to be a settlement colony for some reputed families. Thereafter he returned to Kozhencherry, but could not buy his father's land from the Brahmins. However he purchased another property very near to his ancestral property in the name of his son Mammen Koruth. This property was known as Kuravakkala. There is a tradition that the womenfolk of the Hindu family - Meladathu, after conducting religious rituals used to do 'Kurava' (a special sound) by putting their fingers in to the mouth and creating that special sound. It is from this Mammen Koruth. The family tree begins with all its branches. Thus by tradition Kolath family is a Brahmin family hailing from Kolathunadu carrying Royal traditions with them. They are known for their nobility and piousness. They were good businessmen /administrators, advisers for the ruling families and is one of the established families in Central Travancore.
Kolath family had some royalty from the King of Pandalam . We do not know why the royalty was given to our family. However tradition says that when John went to Ullannor- which is within the Pandalam Kingdom, he must have given some special services to the King. The King in reciprocation of his services has granted him a Royalty, which was followed for a very long time. Thereafter no body took interest to collect the royalty from the King.
Thus tradition of Kolath family goes back to thousands of years and they are proud of the same. Kolath family is considered as one of the respected Aristocratic families of the Central Travancore.. Only very few families can boast of such a tradition in Central Travancore- Kerala.
The Three fathers: *Thoma *Yohannan (He got two daughters and one son named Mammen Koruth) *Mammen Koruth
It is from Mammen Koruth all the Kolath Branches sprouted out.
The Kolath Kudumbayogam was functioning till 1940 under the Managing Committee formed from the 7th & 8th generation family members. Unfortunately till1972 there was a break . It resumed functioning in 1972-73 by the 8th generation fathers and by the Grace of the Almighty God it is going on in a blessed manner. It is engaged in various activities for the welfare of the members.
There is a written Constitution and a Managing Committee. The General Body meets once in a year on the 2nd Saturday in the month of May.
Family members have instituted Endowments in the name of their beloved ones. Interest received from these endowments are given to deserving family members for Education, Medical treatment, House Construction and Theological Studies. Over and above this, contributions are raised for helping in marriage of girls and house construction for the needy
St. Thomas Christian Tradition
St. Thomas, after Pentecost , did missionary work in Persia, North India, and Afghanistan. He visited Jerusalem at the death of Mother Mary, the mother of Jesus, and attended the Jerusalem Synod in A.D 50.
For there, he journeyed to Southern India and landed at the Chera capital port of Cranganore, also known as Moziris in Kerala. Later he traveled to a South East Indian shore and did missionary work there. In A.D. 72 ,he was martyred, at the port city of Mylapore, south of Chennai, in the old Madras city.
The living testimony of St. Thomas' mission in India is the presence of the St. Thomas Christians in Kerala, India. Their traditions ar stillalive and his tomb is not claimed by any other people in the world. The mortal remains of St. Thomas, wherever they are kept e.g. Edessa, Orthona etc certifies that they are brought from India. The tomb of St. Thomas is 1500 km away from Trichur in Chennai coast. The solemn celebrations of St. Thomas Day (Dukrana) on July 3, by Syrian Christians, even when Kerala is has severe storms, is a testimony of the St. Thomas' enduring connection of Kerala Christians.
St. Thomas came to Palayur in 52-54 A D . Palayur was one of the 64 Brahmin villages in South India. St. Thomas conversed with the Brahmin priests performing rituals (Pithirpuja) at "Thaliyakulam" before Palayur Shivashetram. He witnessed them throwing water upwards into air while performing rituals. St. Thomas asked why the water fell back to the ponds, if your gods received it? Thomas then claimed if he prayed in the presence of his living god, the water would stay in the air. The Brahmin priests resisted this because it was against natural laws, but they said they would take his advice, and follow the new path, if his prayer worked miracles. And so Thomas prayed and the water stayed in the air and the Brahmins immediately took baptism from St. Thomas himself.
The five families ordained as clergies were from the Brahmin families of Pakalomattom, Kalli, Sankarapuri, Kalikavu, and Kolath. It may be because they were already doing priestly activities.
St. Thomas also founded seven churches at the following places: Maliankara, Palayur, Kottakavu, Quilon, Niranom, Nilakkal, and Chayal. After several years of work in Malabar, the Apostle went to the Coromandel Coast (East Coast) where he was assassinated by irate Brahmins (or by a hunter) in 72 A.D. This tradition along with many others legends is found in ancient Christian songs (seventeenth century and later) like the Veeradian Pattu, Thomma Parvom, and Margom Kali Pattu. The Acts of St. Thomas, an apocryphal work by the Syrian Bardesan (220 A.D.) also mentions the missionary work and martyrdom of St. Thomas in India.
Were there Brahmins in Kerala in 1st century?
Kerala was known to Vedic Aryan's even in Rigvedic Period 5000 years ago. In the Sanskrit Sloka defining India starring "Uttaram Yat Samudrasya", the geographical boundaries were given in Rig Veda. In the Mahabharata war (dated at 1400 B.C. by Pagiter) Kerala Chief Participated by giving food to both sides. He is called "Perumchottudian" in the epic. The epic Mahabharata mentions the kings by the name "Pandyancha Cheralan". In Rig Vedic Nadi Suktam or sloka of rivers which name the rivers. "Imam me Ganga, Yamuna" etc. the river Kaveri is mentioned. Hence after knowing Kerala for three thousand years, the Brahmins never came to Kerala for three millenniums is an absurd theory.
The Buddhism and Jainism were very strong in Kerala, but that does not mean that Sanatana dharma, with its intellectual missionary vanguard, the Brahmins were absent in Brahminism, and were in essence Hindi reform movements. Hence to say that the reform movements were here, but the original Brahmins and Hinduism were not here, is quite absurd. Aryans and their Indian forefront the Brahmins were very good travelers. They started from the Bohoemian Plateau by 3000 B.C. By 2300 B.C.they traveled 2500kms and captured the Indus Valley, destroying Harappa and Mogenjodaro. Their western cousins reached Palestine as Hittiles and were fighting Eyptian Pharaoh Rameses II in the Battle of Kadesh in 1545 B.C. They traveled 2000 km in 1000 years. They reached Greece as Dorians and conquered Greek Dorians and conquered Greek Peninsula by 1250 B.C. They reached Rome and Italian Peninsula by 756 B.C. They overran Spain and Britain by 55 B.C. They took only 1000 years to overran the whole of Europe. From sind to the conquest of Gangetic basin they took less than 1000 years. Hence to argue that the Aryans will take more than 2500 years to reach Kerala, to say the least is foolishness. TheMooshika Vamsam Kavyam shows that the Haihayas reached Payyannur (North Kerala), in the 5th century B.C. Parasurama came at this time. The Parasurama legend shows the Aryanisation of western coat including Kerala. Hence the Brahmins reached Kerala in the 5th century B.C.
The confusion was created when the word Nampoothiri was used in the Palayur conversion story. Nampoothiri Brahmins are the Maratha Brahmins, who came as invaders to Kerala. Parasuramas rules in the Narmada Valley of Maharashtra. A Malwa king named Parasurama is supposed to have invaded Kerala and brought the Brahmins by force. "Illam" the word came from Marathi word "Illu" which means house. As they came by rowing in boats they were called Nayambu = Row, and Nayambu - Thiris. This coming of Maratha Brahmins to Kerala, may have happened in the 4th and 5th centuries and by 6th century they got the caste Name Nampoothiri. By 8th century Sankaracharya a Nampoothiri is seen carrying his Sankara Dig Viyayam throughout India.
In the Sanghakala works we come across Brahmins by name "Anthanar". The second century Sanghakala poet Kapilar was a Anthanar Brahmin. The anthanar is used even by Ramapurathu warrior in his Vanchipattu. Agsthya and Tholkapiyar B.C. IInd century to A.D. IInd century the precursors of Tamil literature were Brahmins. In B.C. second century itself the King Chandragupta Maurya resigned and came along with sanyasis and Brahmins to Sravana Belagola in South Karnataka and lived there. Another 150kms of travel and the Brahmins could reach Kerala. The Parasurama legend shows large scale migration of Brahmins to Kerala. Chanakya, the Black Brahmin Prime Minister of Chandragupta Maurya in B.C. 3rd century was a South country is Kollam. In the Panthrirukulam story Vararuchi, one of the Navaratnas of Vikramaditya (AD. 320-360) is shown as visiting Kerala. All this shows that Brahmins were only Pandits and not the ruling class. The early chaldean and mesopotomian languages also indicate Indian religion and the word used is Brahmin.
These are the Brahmins met by St. Thomas in Palayur. The epithet Nampoothiri was a later addition in the 16th century. Hence when we read Nampoothiri it may be understood as Brahmin or Anthanar.
Migration to Kozhencherry Because of their new faith the four families were subjected to much hardship by Non-Christians, and consequently they had to move towards South by the end of the 2 nd century .Many believe that it happened in the 4th century AD some say exactly 337. A.D. Some histories are of the opinion that actually it is 337 K.E. ie., 824+337 = 1161AD. Thus they came to Kozhencherry, here they retained their original family names. As per govt. records, Survey 179 lakkam 519/8 No was possessed by Kolath.
The stories and legends connected with the construction of Kozhencherry ST Thomas Marthoma church are the result of later mix of history with some fertile imaginations. The miraculous intervention of St. Mary in the construction of the church is evident. The never drying well on the hill top is an evident testimony. According to tradition prevalent in Kozhencherry the church was founded in 354 A.D.
Famous family members * Tom George Kolath, famous Hollywood-Bollywood-Malluwood movie producer. Some of his movies are Meerayude Dhukkam, Akale, Gandhi Park. * George M. Kolath, President & CEO Kolath Hospitality Group, Albany, NY, USA * George Mammen Kondoor, Pathanamthitta District Congress Committee General Secretary * Tholoor TM Philip (Kunjumon), a prominent member of Syrian marthoma Church and church activist * TC Alexander (Joy Thottathil), a leader * Moni Achen, a popular priest of Syrian Marthoma Church * Rev. Saji. P. Simon, a popular priest of Syrian Marthoma Church * Joe Kolath, a socialworker and family activist
The tragedy of George Kolath is etched in our hearts. Members of Tri-City India Association in Albany, NY will always cherish the memories of this young dynamic soul. Our heartfelt condolences to his family.
M.A. Waheed Vice president TRICIA
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3. 16-06-2009 04:28
Heart-felt condolences to the Kolath family which suffered the tragedy in Albany plane crash. I belong to Nellikala near Kozhencherry. I have an online newspaper www.ojnewscom.com
The tragedy was reported in the online newspaper with available details.
Please surf www.ojnewscom.com and ask family members to do so at their convenience
Guest
4. 16-06-2009 09:35
May God bless you and your family during this time and always,
TAIB KUWAIT
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5. 23-06-2009 18:19
May God comfort the dear and near ones of our beloved George Kolath who has departed us.No farewell words were spoken,no time to say good bye,you were gone before we knew it and God knows why. We miss you for ever.It is never the same any more
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6. 19-08-2009 02:33
Joy Tottathil is a DUKLI leader, not prominant one. please amend accordingly
helo kolath family, who told u meledathu family from kurava. i read your history. pls send me the details.
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9. 14-09-2009 22:49
i am part of the kolath family
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10. 15-11-2009 12:27
I am from Koleth family, I think we should be happy that we come from a respectable family, people should be careful about the language we use with on offence to Mr.chacko & Mr George.
Guest
11. 06-12-2009 10:46
Hi! Y dont u who own this domain...not erase offensive comments frm here?Lot of ppl visit this site for information.
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12. 09-12-2009 22:10
I m also a Kolath family member and I drove 5 hrs to see the funeral service of George Kolath to share the pain of the dear once...not because he was a multi-millionaire...but a good human being... Secondly, our family does have a very good christian foundation and values...you are suppose to (Mr.Chacko) hold hands with other family members when they are in such difficult moments as family bonding can alleviate the pain... Bible says, what you have saw you will reap.... Again, have some respect for each other and DO NOT show your stress and disappointments through such a public social sites as you are degrading yourself by doing that... Thank you
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13. 12-12-2009 14:18
I am from Kolath family, my full name is varghese mathew
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14. 24-06-2010 16:46
I am from Tholooruzhathil(Branch of Kolath family). hello to all the members of Kolath family.Glad to read the history.
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15. 06-07-2010 01:52
Hello, I was George Kolath's web designer before his tragic accident. I was very fond of George and greatly admired him. I regret to say that his wife Annie has done something terrible to me and my company. In early 2002, I created an online business called INN Web Designs. As of this month, I have over 120 hotel clients. All of their domain names and hosting is at godaddy.com. I have all emails and other documentation immediately available as proof positive as to the accuracy of what you are about to read.
On June 12th 2010, I renewed 4 domain names at godaddy.com. I paid for the renewals using my paypal account which has been on file with godaddy.com for about a year. I received a receipt by email from godaddy.com moments after making my payment in my inbox at my MSN account.
On June 15th 2010, I tried to log into my account to complete a domain transfer to godaddy.com, but my password would not work. When I tried to reset my password, I received an automated response saying that the same email address that I'd had on account at godaddy.com was invalid. I immediately called godaddy.com customer support and was asked for my PIN #.
When I gave them my PIN #, I was told that it was not correct and that I would have to furnish them with the last 6 numbers of the credit card that I had renewed my hosting subscription with last year. I could not remember which credit card that I had used to renew my hosting account.
Since August 2008, I have transferred over 90 domain names to godaddy.com and renewed quite a few more more using 2 reloadable mastercards, a reloadable visa card, my Arizona Federal Credit Union Debit Card, My Wachovia Bank Debit Card, My PayPal Debit Card, (I do have all of these cards in my possession) and my PayPal Account # which is still on file with godaddy.com. None of the cards matched the card I had used for the single transaction I made one year earlier. Despite all of the proof that I had available to validate that this was my account, godaddy.com refused to investigate the theft of my account consisting of over 120 domain names, 102 websites hosted at godaddy.com and countless email accounts associated with my many client's domain names.
Godaddy.com's customer support, (Including 2 supervisors) have informed me that the email address associated with my customer ID # was a gmail.com account and that if I could not furnish them with the last 6 numbers of the card that I used, that there was absolutely nothing that they could do for me.
After dozens of calls to godaddy.com customer service, they told me to fill out a PDF form located on the godaddy.com website and send it with scanned color picture of my State Issued ID to change@secureserver.net for further assistance. I went to Kinkos and complied with their request.
Two days later, I received this response: We cannot assist you with gaining acess to the account that the following domains reside in as you are not the current account holder. If your payment information is on the account you can contact customer support at 480 505-8877 or support@godaddy.com. On June 18th 2010, after countless calls to godaddy.com, a guy in customer service finally gave me a phone # to the change department at godaddy.com. After about 7 or 8 calls to the change department, I finally spoke with a girl, Stephanie, who seemed to care enough to take a serious look at my dire situation. She took the time to do a whois check on all of my domain names registered at godaddy.com and found my name on 26 of them plus an additional 8 domain names at domainsbyproxy.com. I went to the domainsbyproxy.com website and clicked on reset my password using my email address, ufopro@msn.com and received a new password seconds later. domainsbyproxy.com is a privacy site that is offered as a paid option on the godaddy.com website! Still not enough proof??? On June 19th, after spending an additional 4 hours at kinkos at a cost of $32.00 sending the required forms, I recovered 23 of my domain names and successfully transferred them to my newly created account at godaddy.com. In the meantime, the rest of my domains, website files and email account remain in the possession of theives. Update: Today, June 22nd 2009, I received an email from godaddy.com which contained the list of my remaining domain names at my godaddy.com and their statis. I immediately noticed something peculiar. One domain name had apparently been updated after my account was hi-jacked. The email said: "KOLATHHOSPITALITYGROUP.COM - Annie Kolath, this domain is no longer in your account as well." When I did a whois, I saw that the domain had been updated on the 18th, three days after I had been locked out. Annie Kolath is the widow of Hotelier, George M. Kolath, aka Mathai George who made headline news when on June 17th, 2009 his private plane plunged into the Mohawk River, killing him, his 10 year old son and a friend. George was a client of mine during that time and lived in Albany, NY. Although George and I disagreed alot, I was very fond of him and created an online memorial in his name. On December 14th, I sent his wife Annie a 3rd greatly discounted invoice for her annual renewal fees that had been due on December 12th. I was trying to help her as much as I could, but when she started lying to me by breaking her word over and over about sending me a check for her renewal fees, I started feeling like she was taking advantage of my kindness and generosity. Finally, after repeatedly urging her to pay her domain name and hosting fees to prevent the loss of her websites, all but 2 of 8 domain names expired. I still have all of the emails during that time. Now, I was asking myself, how and why was her last remaining domain name was transferred out of my godaddy.com account and the only domain name that had been tampered with in my account. I was convinced that Annie had something to do with my account being hacked into and locking me out. So, I called her and left her a message stating that I knew that she was somehow responsible for the hi-jacking of my godaddy.com account. It didn't take her long to call me back. At first, she pretended to know nothing about what I was talking about, then she started justifying her actions by blaming me for the loss of her 7 hotel websites. My biggest question has been, HOW could anyone access my account I told her that if she did not return my account by that evening, I would go to the police. She said that she did not want to hurt me and would try to contact the person who she had hired to get into my account. I don't know Annie Kolath very well, but I have learned that she has very little regard for people other than herself. The following day, I called her again and she acted as though we were talking for the first time. Again, she was complaining about her expired websites and that I was responsible for their loss. I told her that I still had her website files on my computer's hard drive and would have worked with her if she would have just shown an effort on her part, but because she was involved in the hi-jacking of my account, she should be thankful that I would not involve the police if my account was quickly returned to me. I was stunned when she told me that she would return my account, but only after I sent her the site files on a CD via overnight express. At that point, all I wanted was my account back, so I sent her the files, but not my land. I sent her the files via email and I have the sent emails in my MSN inbox. I also have an email from her telling me that I had missed several specific files. I felt that taking legal action against her might result in a considerably costly delay in accessing my account at godaddy.com. Well, it's been 10 days since I emailed her the files and I have not heard from her and she is not answering my calls. Just a few minutes ago, I discovered that she has all 5 websites up and running thanks to the files that I sent her, yet, I'm still living a nightmare locked out of my account. My next move in the morning, is to go to the police. As I am typing this, Annie just now called me and said that she wants a cash refund for the domain that was renewed before she would release my account. Is this considered extortion? Annie Kolath, (518) 858-1538, aka: Annie George, aka: Chinnamma George owns the following hotels.
PROOF! I have just learned how Annie Kolath accessed my go daddy account. Last year her husband George Kolath had given me an American Express credit card in his aka name, Mathai George for partial payment of my services. After repeated tries, I was unable to process his card through pay pal, so I told him that I would use his card to pay some online bills and deduct it from his balance. He said no problem. One of the charges put on the card was to pay godaddy.com for my hosting package. As I said, a few months later, George and his 10 year old son were killed in a tragic plane crash. At the time, I had no idea that anyone with the last 6 numbers of that credit card could access my account, nor would I have been concerned that a man of George's integrity would do something like logging into my account illegally. Well, his wife Annie has accessed my account using her deceased husband's credit card number. At first she said that she just wanted to take control of her last domain name, but it is becoming quite clear that this is not the case. I was locked out of my account on the 15th of June, today is July 3rd, and I am still locked out. Annie has obviously convinced herself that she now owns my account.
Registrant:
Kolath Web Designs P.O. Box 5759 Albany, New York 12205 United States Domain Name: KOLATHHOSPITALITYGROUP.COM Created on: 17-Jan-07 Expires on: 17-Jan-12 Last Updated on: 18-Jun-10 Administrative Contact: Kolath, Annie Kolath Web Designs P.O. Box 5759 Albany, New York 12205 United States +1.5183912628 Fax -- Technical Contact: Kolath, Annie Kolath Web Designs P.O. Box 5759 Albany, New York 12205 United States +1.5183912628 Fax -- Domain servers in listed order: NS25.DOMAINCONTROL.COM NS26.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
From this experience, I have learned that godaddy.com does not offer their customers any security from internet predators. Once your account is illegally accessed, the criminal can easily change both your Pin # and the last 6 digits of your credit card on file, making it impossible for the real owner of that account to ever regain access of their account again. In a country where not wearing a seatbelt is illegal and strongly enforced, yet thieves, extortionists and frauds are given every opportunity to flourish with no resistance.
Guest
16. 03-08-2010 06:29
What did Thomas Mathew @AKA Joe Kolath do as a family activist for the kolaths please??? Horse shit...
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17. 09-08-2010 22:00
i am also part of kolathu family. my name is thomas chacko. stay in Mumbai.serving the Lord as a pastor. and state secretary for AG Churches in Maharashtra. my family is Mullan kuzhi thadathi.ranni it is great to be part of the great family. God bless our family memebres.
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18. 31-08-2010 22:45
hi Roshan Thomas Kolath is my name. im also from the kolath family but im not sure which branch.. im just eighteen...can somebody tell me when the new kolath kudumbayogam book will be out?? I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE 1. my granfathers name is mr KT Varughese (Kolath Thomas Varughese)his in malaysia...his born in Kozhencherry and our family house s there
...and the guy above me, not thomas chacko but ''shooks'' u mentioned abt joe kolath, i think i know joe kolath i know him as joykuttychain. his my granddads younger brother...can some1 tell me more abt my family in Kozhencherry please. i'd be very happy if someone or anyone replied me... my email is roshanvz@hot,ail.com (no junk mails please)
THANK YOU =)
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19. 24-09-2010 15:09
I am from koickamannil[Branch of kolath family,
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20. 16-10-2010 08:54
I am from koickamannil, Seethathodu (Branch of kolath family) Now staying in Chennai.
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21. 29-10-2010 08:17
my name is kyle kolath, im 18, and im white. until now id never heard of a kolath other than my immediate family.. i didnt think there were any. this is crazy
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22. 01-12-2010 12:36
My mother Annamma Varghese is from Kidangalil Malayil, Kolath. She passed away on 23 October 2010. She was the most beautiful person - graceful, intelligent and god-fearing. I am proud to be her son. I live in South Africa and looked up my amma's family history and was happy to see all the information. My dad is from Kumbanad. We simply love all of you. God bless. Giju Varghese
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23. 07-01-2011 23:01
I am kiran from nelluvelil vezhapra Kuttanadu (now in rome italy), we have come from many years ago kolath family to Kuttanadu there are so many families us , we call PALLIKALAM PALLIKUTTAMA, MULAMKUNNAM VEZHAPRA, PADINJARE NELLUVELIL VEZHAPRA, KAITHAPARAMBU VEZHAPRA, NADUCHIRA VEZHAPRA, THENGANAKALAM VEZHAPRA, ALANCHERRY VEZHAPRA, VILLUVIRATHIL VEZHAPRA, CHENNATTUCHERRY RAMANKARY, I ask you can also add our name to families.grazie
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24. 28-08-2011 10:21
hai ; i am also a part of kolath family ......
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25. 14-12-2011 16:23
i am also a part of kolath vizhalil thundiyil family
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26. 29-12-2011 05:58
history of koleth family
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27. 02-03-2012 00:15
What are you trying to prove by this bogus article ?? That The "Kolath" family could be traced back to some brainless mantra chanting "brahmin" ...?? You guys are a joke....just look at your dravidian faces in the mirror. The Kolath family kept a wowan in their basement as a slave for years and God aptly punished this rotten family who is a disgrace to ALL Indians !!
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28. 02-03-2012 00:23
Mathai Kolath George is now BURNING IN HELL for all his sins. As for Annie, her stiff Mathai already reserve a spot in HELL for her cuz she is joining him very very soon.
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29. 02-03-2012 15:57
Annie Kolath George was recently accused of imprisoning a Kerala slave-laborer in her home, forcing her to sleep in a closet, denying her even minimum wage pay, and trying to prevent the servant's son from reporting Mrs. Kolath George's crimes to the authorities (he recorded the conversations where she pleaded with him not to talk to Immigration Authorities in the U.S.). Shame on this woman for her greed, inhumanity, and despicable behavior.
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30. 03-03-2012 09:21
Hi All,
I was really proud,about Mr.George, Kolath and his sudden death by a plane crash.
Now I am really ashamed to read the paper news about his wife Mrs.Annie George...........this is a real shame for all NRI Malayalees around the world.
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31. 03-03-2012 09:28
I was really proud about Mr.George Kolath, as a Malayalee multimillionaire in US and so sad about his sudden death by a plane crash.
Now I am really ashamed to read the paper news about his wife Mrs.Annie George...........this is a real shame for all NRI Malayalees and Indians too around the world.
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32. 04-03-2012 10:10
I have done a research on Kerala Christians and found the five families ordained as clergies were from the Brahmin families of Pakalomattom, Kalli, Sankarapuri, Kaliyankal and Maliekal. Kolath family was a low-cast family brought to serve Maliyekkal Tharakans.
