KURAKARAN VALIYAVEETTIL KUDUMBAM-HISTORY

KURAKARAN

VALIYAVEETTIL KUDUMBAM

It is believed that St. Thomas, the disciple of Jesus Christ who came to India in 52 AD, landed in the port town of Kodungalloor and established a Christian community there. Thus our family had its beginnings in Kodungalloor. The then Christians were much hard working and prosperous and hence they were victims of jealousy among the locals and had to face many problems. As a result, some of them left Kodungalloor in the early part of the 9th Century. The Kuravilangad Shankurickal Valiyaveedu is the root of 'Our' Kurakaran Valiyaveettil family. Kuravilangad Valiyaveettil Mathen was God fearing, very sincere and hard working man. He was very pleasing and was easily approachable. His humble and gentle nature impressed  the King of Kottarakara. He was very intelligent .He had a guided destiny and fortune bestowed upon him the best things in life.Mathen was very honest and straight forward in his business dealings.

The Kurakaran Valiyaveettil  Kudumbayogam’s Silver Jubilee Celebrations was conducted on the 31th December, at  Kurakar City Center ,Kottarakara .The celebrations commenced with the lighting of lamps by Dr. Samuel Chandanapally. Prof. John Kurakar, General Secretary of the Kudumbayogam welcomed the gatherings. There was a seminar on the contributions of  Kurakaran Family The eminent malayalam critic Prof.  Panmana Ramachandran Nair gave a grand lecture on the occasion.Kurakaran C.O Malakhy, president of the Kudumbayogam presided. Mr. P.C Jacob, Mr. G.Joy, Prof George John Needrickal, Prof Sabu George, Mr. Ramakrishnan Attuvassery, Mr. Neelaswaram Sadasivan, Dr. Gangadharan Nair, Dr. N.N Murali, Dr. N. Basheer, Mr. Ummannooor Gopakrishnan,Poet also spoke on the occasionThe first family history book of Kurakaran Kudumbam was brought out by the untirring efforts of late  P. G. Mathew Kurakar. The first edition of  Kurakaran Kudumba Charitram (Kuravilangad Marthamariyam church and Kurakaran Kudumbam) was published by  Mr. C.O Thomas,Managing Editor, Prof. John Kurakar-Chief Editor in 1991 .

Prof. John Kurakar