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Sarasvati's children : a history of the Mangalorean Christians
by Alan Machado
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| Publisher: | Bangalore : I.J.A. Publications, 1999. |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
| ISBN: | 818677825X 9788186778258 |
| OCLC: | 47965430 |
| Related Subjects: | Karnataka (India) -- Church history. |
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QUOTE FROM THE WIKIPEDIA (Mangalore Christians page):
Modern literature is diverse and includes themes such as Indian Politics in books like What Ails the Socialists by George Fernandes,[82] historical awakening, in books such as Sarasvati's Children: A History of the Mangalorean Christians by Alan Machado Prabhu, and sexual desires, in The Revised Kama Sutra: A Novel of Colonialism and Desire by Richard Crasta.[83]
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"To the communities kept captive in the confines of the island (Seringapatnam), to the Kanara Christians, as to the Nairs, the Coorgs, the prisoners, ... Now, finally, in the death of Tipu, freedom had come to return, however demoralised and dispossesed, with families dispersed and perhaps never to be reconciled, to homes and lands". Emphasis added. Alan Machado Prabhu, Saraswati's Children: A History of the Mangalorean Christians, (I.J.A. Publications, 1999).
According to Historian Alan Machado Prabhu, the author of Sarasvati's Children: A History of the Mangalorean Christians (1999), a few of them might have migrated to South Canara.[15] According to Historian Severine Silva, the author of History of Christianity in Canara (1961), no concrete evidence has yet been found that there were any permanent settlements of Christians in South Canara before the 16th century.[12]
It was only after the advent of the Portuguese in the region that Christianity began to be propagated.[12] In 1498, the Portuguese explorer Vasco Da Gama landed on a group of islands in South Canara on his voyage from Portugal to India. He named them El Padron de Santa Maria, which later came to be known as St Mary's Islands.[16] In 1500, Pedro Álvares Cabral, a Portuguese explorer, arrived in South Canara with eight Franciscan missionaries. They converted 22 persons to Christianity.[15] During the early part of the 16th century, Krishnadevaraya (1509-1529), the ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire of Deccan, granted commercial privileges to the Portuguese on the Canara coast and there was complete freedom of worship, belief and propagation of religious tenets in the Vijaynagara Empire.[12] In 1526, under the viceroyship of Lopo Vaz de Sampaio, the Portuguese took possession of Mangalore.[17] The Portuguese Franciscans slowly started propagating Christianity in Mangalore[17] and by 1533, there were about 505 converted Christian families in South Canara.[15] In 1534, Canara was placed under the ecclesiastic jurisdiction of the Bishop of Goa, where the Portuguese had a strong presence. Missionaries soon arrived and gained converts. The number of local converts in South Canara started increasing.[11] During the mid 16th century, conversions slowed down because of resistance from Abbakka Rani of Ullal, the Queen of the Bednore dynasty.[18] By 1560, there were around 1,026 Christian converts in South Canara, two foreign priests to cater to the whole region, but no bishop.[15]
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| What a coincidence!, the author presented me with a copy,when he was down last. In fact I helped hinm just a little with his connections with the Aldona Communidade. Very interesting how the original surname of macedo changed to Machado. Met up with him in B'lore too. Regards, leroy --- On Sun, 1/25/09, augusto pinto <pint...@gmail.com> wrote: |
