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Malayatoor mala പോലേ Kanakamala church /തീർത്ഥാടന പള്ളി

Kanakamala is a village near Chalakudy town, Thrissur district, Kerala, India, which bears the same name as a hill in the area. It is located 3000 feet above the sea level. There are regular bus services from nearby towns, Chalakudy and Kodakara, to this village. The hill is on the western side of the Ghats There is a Roman Catholic church in Kanamala, established in 1943 and dedicated to St Anthony of Padua.[1] It is a place of pilgrimage during the holy week, particularly on Good Friday. Many pilgrims used to climb the hill as an act of prayer and offering. Most of the hill is covered with forest. Pilgrimage to the hill which has been patronized to St. Thomas the apostle of Jesus came to India in AD 52 was started in 1940 following an insight and vision happened in dream to Rev. Fr. Anthappan Valiyaveettil, the then-vicar of St. Antony's Church, Perambra. He started the pilgrimage to the hill as he thought that it was the place that he had seen in his dream, and believed that it had significant spiritual importance, since St. Thomas would have gone through the hill as it is the nearest hill to Azhikode where the apostle was banked off the ship and praying at hills was a characteristic of Jesus and his disciples. 2014 marked 75 years of pilgrimage credits: wikipedia