Recently I was on a work trip to Chennai India and had a few days spare to explore
I went to St Thomas mount which is where Thomas the apostle is supposed to have been martyred and buried
Had no idea there was an Armenian there centuries earlier
I’m assuming they built or established this church, does anyone know?
Also can anyone read it? I know how to with modern western l Armenian but this is quite formal and hard
Either way cool piece of history that I never expected to find!
Check out the pictures
https://www.reddit.com/gallery/1r9qst7
Posted by SledgehammerSev
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>there was an Armenian there centuries earlier
I’m not very knowledgeable about the history of india, but I remember that the first periodical in armenian was published in india (in the 1770s). Around the same time, shahamirian’s vorogayt parac was published there, which, as I understand it, formed the basis of the constitution of the first republic. After all, diana abgar is also from India. So, india is very important for armenia 🙂
First picture is a tombstone from 1739
Did a very quick glance and recognized some words
Սուլթան Ումի – Sultan oumi?
Դուստր – daughter
Տիկին փէրինազն – miss Perinazn
Ազգա – of race/ethnicity
Հայյուժ – Armenian strength (Հայ mentioned💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪)
Պատվելի Իամենեցունց – Honorable iamenetsounts?
քաղաքն Ըսպահան եկաց – from the city Isbahan (Isfahan?)
33 Տարի – 33 years
Փալեգաթ – palik (child?) or Barakat?
Դեկդեմբերի 20 – December 20th
1739
Also thanks for the clear photo, most people take miserable shots of engraved writings.