Kalyanpura

"Kalyanpura" (Indian English) is a village situated in Udupi district in the state of Karnataka.The village is on the banks of Swarna river which supplies water to nearby town of Udupi.Santekatte on NH-17 is a locality of Kalyanpur.The name is derived because of weekly market held on the road side of NH-17.

The village is usually twinned with its neighbour Brahmavar.

According to ancient Indian Christian tradition, the Apostle Bartholomeo (or Nathaniel) was reportedly murdered by Hindus in a port city called Kalyan or Kalyanpur in South Asia, just as the Apostle Thomas was murdered by Hindus near Mylapore, near modern Madras or Chennai.

Both, the city of Kalyan (British India English "Calian") and the village of Kalyanpur, were at one time port cities, and both vie for the honor of being St. Bartholomeo's place of martyrdom.

Brahmavar-Kalyanpur is also the residence of a group of dissident Padroado Catholics, formerly under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Goa, who broke away from the Catholic Church due to disgust at being transferred to the jurisdiction of the Vicar Apostolic of Mangalore under the supervision of Propaganda Fide, teaming up with Fr. Antonio Francisco Xavier Alvares and Dr. Lisboa e Pinto to form the Independent Jacobite Church of Ceylon, Goa and India. Brahmavar-Kalyanpur contributed the largest number of former Catholics to this sect, and their descendants remain Jacobites.

For a time, Brahmavar-Kalyanpur was the residence of Fr. Alvares as Archbishop Mar Julious I.

Kalyanpur is also the native place of Ronald Mendonca, the former Police Commissioner of Bombay.

Notable natives

* Lindsay Rego

* Dr. A. V. Baliga

External links

* [http://konkanicatholics.blogspot.com/2006/08/st-bartholomews-india-connection.html St. Bartholomew and Kalyanpur-Barkur Claims]