Talk:Thomas the Apostle

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 * Historical legend records that when St. Thomas landed at Palayur, he witnessed the sight of Hindu Brahmins, after their ablutions in a local tank, offering prayers by chanting mantras (the Vedic tradition of India for spiritual transformation) hymns to god in the form of Argyam or (Tharpanam) (water held in the palms) of water to the Sun god, a practice also said to be followed in Harappan and Persian cultures. Amused by the sight of water being thrown up by the Brahmins, from the palms of their hands, which was falling back, he challenged the Brahmins stating that the water they were offering was not being accepted by the Sun god as it was falling back into the tank. He made a deal with them stating that his God would accept the offer of water if he threw it up in the same way as they did, but water would not fall back. If he proved this then his God was superior and the Brahmins would have to embrace Christianity. He performed this miracle (summoned the Holy Trinity, completed the sign of the Cross and threw water held in his palms up into the air, which remained still in the air at a height) and with this miracle he converted a number of Brahmins and Jews in Palayur to Christianity. Thereafter he baptised the converts in a nearby water tank. The Brahmins who did not convert to the faith gave the epithet of the ‘Shapa Kadu’ or "Cursed Place" to Palayur and migrated to Vembanad to purify themselves.
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I moved this statement here, and out of the article, as I could not find it at the link provided, but did find it at Real Integrity Mall where it is cited as a quote from Wikipedia, and seems to have been from a past version of the article on St. Thomas Syro-Malabar Catholic Church. Despite quotations of other published sources of such a legend being acceptable, I do not believe it is generally appropriate to quote Wikipedia articles when they are actually the primary sources of the particular statements. ~ ♞☤☮♌Kalki·†·⚓⊙☳☶⚡ 11:29, 22 October 2014 (UTC) + tweaks