Ishwar Sharan - The Myth of Saint Thomas and the Mylapore Shiva Temple

Ishwar Sharan

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The Myth of Saint Thomas and the Mylapore Shiva Temple

Fourth Revised Edition

Ishwar Sharan

Cover Image

Martyrdom of Saint Thomas Peter Paul Rubens - 1636-38

ISBN 978-81-85990-11-8

Voice of India

First Edition 1991 Second Revised Edition 1995 Third Revised Edition 2010 Fourth Revised Edition 2019

Published by Voice of India,

2/18, Ansari Road, Daryaganj,

New Delhi 110002, India.

Email: info@voiceohn.com Website: www.voiceofin.com

Printed at DK Fine Arts Press (Pvt.) Ltd., Ring Road, Pitam Pura,

Delhi 110052, India.

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This Book Is Dedicated To Sri Kapaleeswara Shiva The Lord Of Mylapore And His Favoured Sons Jnanasambandar And

Arunagirinathar Who Offer The Best Evidence

This Edition Is Dedicated To Vasanti Amma Of

Sri Vaishnavi Shrine Tirumullaivoyal And

Sita Ram Goel Of

Voice of India New Delhi

Authors Note ... 7

0 Foreword

- Koenraad Elst... 13 Introduction

- Ishwar Sharan ... 17

D The Myth Of Saint Thomas And The Mylapore Shiva Temple

- Ishwar Sharan ... 22

0 Archbishop Arulappas History Project Goes Terribly Wrong

- K.P. Sunil... 140

Archbishop Arulappas Document Forger Goes To Jail

- Ganesh Iyer & K.P. Sunil... 148

Indian Historian Makes A Mockery Of Indian History

- Veda Prakash ... 155

0 The Pre-Thinking Debate

- Sita Ram Goel & Khushwant Singh ... 159

0 Pope Doubts St. Thomas Evangelised South India

- Ishwar Sharan ... 162

D Bishop Doubts St. Thomas Evangelised South India

- Times News Network ... 165

D How Missionaries Invented Dravidian Christianity

- Rajiv Malhotra ... 167

D Questioning The St. Thomas Origin Of Indian Christianity

- C.I. Issac ... 171

D Christian Author Misrepresents Tiruvalluvar As Disciple Of Thomas

- R.S. Narayanaswami... 176

0 Madras-Mylapore Archdiocese Plans Blockbuster Movie On St. Thomas

- Ishwar Sharan ... 180

Tiruvalluvar Baptised To Betray Hindus

- B.R. Haran ... 188

The Madras Archbishop Is Obliged To Accept The Popes Stand On St. Thomas

- V. Sundaram ... 194

D In Memory Of A Slain Saint

- C.A. Simon ... 199

The Legend Of A Slain Saint To Stain Hinduism

- Swami Tapasyananda ... 207

0 St. Thomas And Caste

- Ishwar Sharan ... 217

0 St. Thomas And Anti-Brahminism

- Koenraad Elst... 225

0 Christian Churches Threaten Dalit Rights

- Leela Tampi... 233

How Casteless Muslims And Christians Obtain Benefits Meant For Caste Hindus

- Vigil Report... 243

D Hideaway Communalism In The Indian Express

- Ishwar Sharan ... 249

0 Hideaway Communalism In The Hindu

- Ishwar Sharan ... 259

Madras Musings And Madras Muthiah

- Ishwar Sharan ... 263

St. Thomas As A Tourist Product

- Ishwar Sharan ... 266

Christians Threaten Kamakoti Magazine

- Ishwar Sharan ... 269

The Mount Of Thomas

- S. Muthiah ... 272

D Chennais Own Holocaust Deniers

- Ishwar Sharan ... 275

San Thome Cathedral Cover-Up Uncovered

- G.P. Srinivasan ... 280

0 The New Indian Express Makes A Tsunami

- Ishwar Sharan ... 284

Did A Hindu King Kill St. Thomas?

- Ishwar Sharan ... 288

The Deccan Chronicle Deceits

- Ishwar Sharan ... 293

D The Secrets Of The Twelve Disciples Revealed

- Ishwar Sharan ... 308 0 A Feast For St. Thomas

- Ishwar Sharan ... 313

0 The Dalrymple Massage Of The St. Thomas Myth

- Koenraad Elst... 321

D The Confabulated Leftist Murder Of St. Thomas

- Koenraad Elst... 323

0 Searching For Muziris At Pattanam

- A. Srivathsan ... 328

0 Nagaswamy Nails False Propaganda On St. Thomas And Pattanam

- Express Buzz ... 333

0 Digging For The Bones Of St. Thomas

- B.S. Harishankar ... 334

ASI Doubting Thomases Suspend Dubious KCHR St. Thomas Dig

- G. Ananthakrishnan ... 339

D Marxists And Christians Continue The Search For St. Thomas

- Sandhya Jain ... 342

Why Indians Should Reject St. Thomas And Christianity

- Koenraad Elst... 347

This book is a revised and updated version of The Myth of Saint Thomas and the Mylapore Shiva Temple that was published by Voice of India in 2010. It includes everything in the earlier edition plus a number of new and important references. The Tamil and religious scholar Veda Prakash, who in 1989 brought us the original data he had collected on the St. Thomas myth and destruction of the Kapaleeswara Shiva Temple in Mylapore, continues to share his research materials and Tamil translations. Sita Ram Goel, Koenraad Elst, K.P. Sunil and Ganesh Iyer, Leela Tampi, R.S. Narayanaswami, Rajiv Malhotra, C.A. Simon, Khushwant Singh, G. Ananthakrishnan, B.R. Haran, G.P. Srinivasan, V. Sundaram, S. Muthiah, A. Srivathsan, B.S. Harishankar, Sandhya Jain, Swami Tapasyananda of the Sri Ramakrishna Math in Mylapore, and a number of Indian and foreign media organisations who report news without a by-line, have all made invaluable contributions.

Two important events have taken place since the publication of this book in 2010. One, the eminent and learned archaeologist Dr. R. Nagaswamy has criticised the Pattanam archaeological dig1 and categorically stated that there is no evidence for St. Thomass visit to India, and two, a California production company, Dharlin Entertainment, is planning a major motion picture on St. Thomass alleged stay in Kerala and murder in Mylapore.2 They may succeed in cinematically perpetuating the blood libel of Thomass murder by Hindus where the Madras-Mylapore Archdiocese failed in 2008. Added to this is the vast work and expense the Archdiocese has lavished on rebuilding the fake St. Thomas tomb in San Thome Cathedral Basilica and on its garish development around the old Portuguese churches on Little Mount in Saidapet and St. Thomas Mount.