Abstract

My previous article, ‘St. Thomas & Judeo-Nasrani Malankara Nasrani Church’ had a short description of the statue of Pallivanaperumal (Pallivanaperumal/Cheraman Perumal/Pallivanavar/Pallibhanavar) which was excavated from Neelamperoor, Alappuzha, Kerala. T. K Joseph was one of the first scholars to mention about this statue in his research work. He claims that the statute of Pallivanaperumal can be paraphernalia in connection with the ecclesiastical leadership of Malankara Nasranis, i.e., Pallivanaperumal might have been a Christian King. On the contrary, a number of authors (through their articles and books) have claimed that this particular statute does not have any connection to Christianity and Malankara Nazranis. In this article, we will take a closer look at the notion of Pallivanaperumal-Malankara Moopan in order to understand the concept of Pallivanaperumal and his historic relations with the Malankara ‘Nasrani Christianity’. This article doesn’t aim at conclusions, rather attempts to bring various viewpoints, arguments, and observations to the readers. This article is in response to a series of articles written by Mr. Jeevan Philip and in response to the book ‘Neelamperoor Padayani’ by Ananthakuttan as well as many other scholarly works documented on Pallivanaperumal. This piece is written from an Orthodox Christian perspective.

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