Welcome to the Homepage of Pakalomattom / Pakalomattam Ayrookuzhiyil family
- ancient Suriyani (Syrian) Christian family in Kerala , India , spread all over the world .
www.ayrookuzhiyil.org 

"Go ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature "
 Mark 16:15 - Holy Bible.

                                         Inspired by this command of the Lord ,St. Thomas ,one of the twelve disciples of Jesus Christ came to Kerala, India in 52 A.D. Landed at a small village on the western coast of Kerala, Malliankara ,near Kodungallore , presently located at the southern tip of Trichur  ( Trissur ) district of Kerala in India. He further moved towards north by coast and reached a small village called Palayur ,near Guruvayoor  which was a  priestly class settlement at that time. Here he conversed with priestly class community of Aryan worship system .Convinced by the Divine power possessed by this foreign monk of new faith , four prominent rich and priestly class families accepted the Christian faith and were baptised by St.Thomas himself.

The four prominent high class priestly Hindu  families who accepted the new faith  were Kali , Kalikavu , Pakalomattom & Sankarapuri . Because of their new faith , these families and their children were subjected to much hardship by others and consequently they had to move towards South of Kerala by the end of the 2nd centaury. Thus they came via Angamali , to Kuravilangad , near Ettumanoor in Kottayam district. Here they prospered and in course of time , spread to all parts of Southern Kerala. The High priest Eravi Kartan , was the first person who accepted the new faith in Pakalomattom family. Alapatt house in Kuravilangad is very prominent among the Pakalomattom  descendants .

                     There was an unbroken succession of leadership of Malankara (Kerala ) Church by Pakalomattom family as Arkkedeons (Archdeacon) and Metropolitans till 19 th century. Geevarghese Arkkedeon , leader of Syrian Christians during the time of Synod of Diamper ( Udayamperoor ); Thomas Arkkedeon (Marthoma I )who led the native Christians towards ' Coonan Kurisu Satyam (Oath) '; successive Metropolitans Marthoma II to V were a few of them.  

                       A handsome youth  & silk cloth merchant from Pakalomattom Alapatt house , named Idicula reached the Royal Palace of Venad in 1680 A.D. Queen Maharani Umayamma honoured  him with the title" Tharakan ",meaning noble merchant .As per the ancient customs ,an honoured person was a preferred guest of the Royal family .So Idicula Tharakan lived in the palace during Umayamma 's rule till 1684 A.D. He then moved to a house in Malakkara called Ayrookuzhiyil .Afterwards he moved to Arattupuzha .The property in which he lived there is still known as Tharakan veedu .Later he shifted to Puthencavu and settled on the pampa river bank .Here he used the Malakkara house name   ' Ayrookuzhiyil '.Thus he became the Doyen of the great Ayrookuzhiyil Family which has now spread all over the world.

Idicula Tharakan (Senior) Ayrookuzhiyil Puthencavu had six sons :
             (1) A1  Idicula Tharakan (Junior), -->Click to go down
(2) A2 Kochaipa Tharakan -->Click to go down
 (3) A3 Mammen Tharakan -->Click to go down
         (4) A4 Mani Mathen Tharakan --> Click to go down
     (5) A5 Joseph Tharakan --> Click to go down and 
 (6) A6 Abraham Tharakan  -->Click to go down

                       First son , A1 Idicula Tharakan ( Jr.) moved to nearby village , in the East , Arattupuzha and settled there. Other sons lived in Puthencavu  and Mulakuzha. 

                       The Ayrookuzhiyil family members belongs to most major Christian denominations viz.,  Marthoma , Orthodox , St.Thomas Evangelical Church , Jacobite  , Catholic , CSI etc. The total strength of the family members is over 2000. It is the grace of the Almighty God Jehovah , Son Jesus Christ , Holy Spirit and the blessings of the forefathers that keeps this great family and its members well and strong for centuries.

                     Ayrookuzhiyil is also written as Ayiroorkuzhiyil , Ayrurkuzhiyil , Ayrookuzhi, Ayrukuzhy , Ayrookuzhy, Ayrukuzhiyil , Ayroorkuzhiel etc. Pakalomattom is also popularly written as Pakalomattam.
                 The various sub-families of Ayrookuzhiyil family include Kulathunkal, Vadakkanethu, Thundiyil, Untantayyathu, Valanjavattom, Vazhayil, Vazhiyambalathil, Kuttiyil, Nanthalathu, Vilakumadathil , Valiyaveetil, Kochettukalayil, Aiyamkoickal, Pavakkara, Kochidayadiyil, Thuruthyil - Karimpanackal , Kadavana, Arapurakal, Pullannimannil etc.

                 They are popularly known as Syrian Christians (Suriyani ) in view of the Syriac (classical form of Aramaic) liturgy used in church services since the early days of Christianity in India. They are also known as Nazaranis (followers of Jesus the Nazarene).

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This site is maintained by 
                                Cherian Tinu Abraham  ,Ayrookuzhiyil Kulathunkal , Thiruvananthapuram , Kerala
< S/o Dr.Abraham Cherian < S/o  K.I.Cherian < S/o K. C. Idicula < S/o Cherian Kulathunkal < S/o Idicula Kulathunkal <S/o Cherian Kadavana< S/o Idicula Tharakanveedu< S/o I T Jr.< S/o Idicula Tharakan Sr. 
Contact me at < tinucherian @ gmail . com > , or visit  www.tinucherian.com
Contact me for additions , suggestions and corrections. Any error that was made in the process of compiling the information is regretted. 

Domain name registration and web hosting courtesy :
                                    Ravi Joseph Arapurakal  , USA . < ravi @ arapurakal . com > 
Data Courtesy : Ayrookuzhiyil Kudumbacharitram Part I :
                                    Edited by Dr. Koshy Abraham , Pullannimannil, Ranni 

Last Updated on Wednesday, January 09, 2008 10:45:16 AM

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