NIRANAM

 I am proud I was born at Niranam, a sandy Kerala Village that was an ancient port . 

Each time I visited the place the beach sand mesmerised me. 

I often wondered how come such an interior place was filled with sea sand. 

It was difficult to wade through the sandy roads or the  dry land as my feet would sink in like when you walk on the beach. 

Unfortunately, there were no excavations.

 No one ever bothered to go into it's origins. 

History was cast aside.

Niranam Valiapally, the Orthodox Church holds a few relics from the past.

But it ends there. 

I have heard stories that remnants of a cross the apostle St.Thomas had erected lie underneath the altar of the Jerusalem MarThoma Church, Niranam. 

But that is hearsay. 

Niranm remains unexplored. 

A fine example of what could have been and what did not.   

Valiappachan, my maternal grand father held siizeable properties at Niranm. 

Vazhappally Kumbalathu. 

The lineage is ancient.