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Paul Zacharia

Paul Zacharia is a Kerala-born fiction writer and essayist whose works have been translated into multiple languages. He is also the recipient of numerous literary honors, such as the Indian Academy of Literature award.

A modern baptismal rite takes place in the same Paravur pond in which the Apostle Thomas reputedly baptized Indian nobility in the first century.

The Surprisingly Early History of Christianity in India

Modern Syrian Christians of Kerala believe that the Apostle Thomas visited in A.D. 52 to baptize their ancestors