Kalyanpura, Udupi

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Kalyanpura
village
Country	India
State	Karnataka
District	Udupi
Languages
• Official	Kannada
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)

Kalyanpura (anglicised place-name Caliampoor)^[1] is a village situated in Udupi district, partitioned from the former South Canara area in the state of Karnataka. The village is on the banks of 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.

Apostle Bartholomeo[]

According to ancient Indian Christian tradition, the Apostle Bartholomeo (or, Nathaniel) was reportedly murdered by Hindu rulers in a port city called Kalyan or Kalyanpur in South Asia,^{[citation needed]} 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 ports, and both vie for the honor of being St. Bartholomeo's place of martyrdom.

Padroado Catholics[]

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. to form the . 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 , the former Police Commissioner of Bombay/ Mumbai.

Notable natives[]

• Dr. A. V. Baliga

References[]

External links[]

• St. Bartholomew and Kalyanpur-Barkur Claims

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