Niranam today is a small village in central Travancore region in Kerala, India. It was a port in ancient Kerala, on the confluence of the Manimala and Achenkoil Rivers. It is almost 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Tiruvalla in Pathanamthitta District of Kerala. Niranam is mentioned in the writings of Pliny and Cosmos Indico Pleustes as a trade centre. Geologists suggest that the sea retracted from this area due to some major geographical changes.

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  • Niranam today is a small village in central Travancore region in Kerala, India. It was a port in ancient Kerala, on the confluence of the Manimala and Achenkoil Rivers. It is almost 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Tiruvalla in Pathanamthitta District of Kerala. Niranam is mentioned in the writings of Pliny and Cosmos Indico Pleustes as a trade centre. Geologists suggest that the sea retracted from this area due to some major geographical changes. The great flood of 1341 AD helped to shift the sea westwards from silt filling in the direct sea route from Niranam. Today the soil of nearby areas of Niranam is still sandy and resembles beaches, though presently these places are not in proximity of sea. The village next to Niranam is Kadapra, and this name is a derivative of the Malayalam word ‘Kadappuram' which means ‘beach'. Purakkad, west of Niranam, gained in importance as a port and this port was controlled by the Rajah of Purakkad/Ambalappuzha. Probably the importance of Niranam as a port was the reason for the arrival of Saint Thomas the Apostle here in the first century AD. That led to the establishment of a church and community. The community were probably Jewish traders who became Christians and later were part of the Syrian Church of Antioch and Edessa. The Christian community in Niranam is one of the oldest, anywhere in the world. After the split of the Syrian Christian Church into Catholics and Orthodox factions, in the 17th century, Niranam church came under the jurisdiction of the orthodox faction. Niranam Cathedral has been the seat of the Orthodox church since. The Vaipur, Kallooppara, and Tiruvalla churches were offshoots of the Niranam church and community.
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  • Niranam today is a small village in central Travancore region in Kerala, India. It was a port in ancient Kerala, on the confluence of the Manimala and Achenkoil Rivers. It is almost 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from Tiruvalla in Pathanamthitta District of Kerala. Niranam is mentioned in the writings of Pliny and Cosmos Indico Pleustes as a trade centre. Geologists suggest that the sea retracted from this area due to some major geographical changes.
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