Religious Places in Bharananganam

St. George's Syro-Malabar Catholic Forane Church, Aruvithura, more familiarly known as Aruvithura Church, is a Syro-Malabar Catholic church located at Aruvithura, in Kottayam district, Kerala, India. Traditionally, it is believed that the Syrian Catholic Church at Aruvithura was established in the 1st century. The first edifice of the church at Aruvithura was made of granite stones in the manner of Hindu temples. As it is traditionally believed, St. Thomas, the apostle of India preached the Christian faith in the important and popular villages of Malabar.