Nedumpally

Nedumpallil or Nedumballil is a Syrian Christian family from Kerala. It has now Hindu and Christian branches. There are Nedumpallil/Nedumbally
namboodiri families located in Trichur, Irinjalakkuda and Srikrishnapuram. The Christian families of Nedumpally belong to Syrian Catholic, Malankara Catholic, Malankara orthodox and Jacobite denominations.
The Nedumpally Christians claim to be one of the original Christians who received baptism from Thomas the Apostle.
Tradition
Palayoor was one of the places near the port of Muziris, where St. Thomas established a church. The place is referred as Palur in some old documents. At that time, according to tradition, Palayoor had a Brahmin village of 64 families. It is believed that in one of the temple ponds in Palayoor, St. Thomas performed a miracle. Some priestly Brahmins were performing a Vedic ritual called Tharpanam in which they devote Lord Sun by the symbolic submission of water in their palms along with Vedic recitation. St. Thomas was attracted to the ritual and queried the logic of their submission since the water thrown above was not accepted and returned to earth. Thomas got an opening to present his subject before that Brahmin community. St. Thomas pulled out his hand and said in the name of Jesus, raised the water and it stood still in the air and glittered. By this "experience" many Brahmins were astounded and accepted Christianity while the other Brahmins cursed the place and left the place with their families saying that they would bathe their next bath at Vembanattu. Nedumpally, Mampally, Payyappilly, Pakalomattam, Panakkamattam, Sankaramangalam, Kalli, Kallikavu, Palackal and others were among the families who were baptised in Palayoor and Kottakkavu.

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