| gptkbp:instanceOf | gptkb:religion_in_India 
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                                | gptkbp:contribution | gptkb:charity gptkb:literature
 gptkb:social_reform
 colleges
 education
 healthcare
 hospitals
 orphanages
 schools
 universities
 women's empowerment
 printing and publishing
 caste reform
 translation of the Bible into Indian languages
 
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                                | gptkbp:denomination | gptkb:Baptist gptkb:Eastern_Orthodoxy
 gptkb:Methodist
 gptkb:Oriental_Orthodoxy
 gptkb:Protestantism
 gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
 gptkb:Syro-Malankara_Church
 gptkb:Marthoma_Syrian_Church
 gptkb:Church_of_North_India
 gptkb:Church_of_South_India
 gptkb:Malankara_Orthodox_Syrian_Church
 gptkb:Syro-Malabar_Church
 gptkb:St._Thomas_Christians
 gptkb:Jacobite_Syrian_Christian_Church
 Presbyterian
 
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                                | gptkbp:festival | gptkb:Christmas gptkb:Easter
 gptkb:Good_Friday
 gptkb:Pentecost
 
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                                | gptkbp:historicalName | traditionally attributed to St. Thomas the Apostle 
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                                | gptkbp:historicalOriginDate | 1st century CE 
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                                | gptkbp:languageOfWorship | gptkb:Hindi gptkb:Latin
 gptkb:Malayalam
 gptkb:Tamil
 gptkb:Telugu
 gptkb:Syriac
 English
 Kannada
 Konkani
 Marathi
 Sanskrit (historically)
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableEvent | gptkb:Goa_Inquisition gptkb:Coonan_Cross_Oath_(1653)
 gptkb:Marthoma_Reformation
 gptkb:Synod_of_Diamper_(1599)
 establishment of Christian educational institutions
 Catholic missionary expansion (16th century)
 Protestant missionary movement (19th century)
 St. Thomas Cross discovery
 Syrian Christian migration to Kerala
 arrival of Portuguese missionaries
 arrival of St. Thomas (traditionally 52 CE)
 conversion of Nagaland and Mizoram to Christianity
 formation of Church of North India (1970)
 formation of Church of South India (1947)
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableFor | gptkb:Mother_Teresa gptkb:St._Gonsalo_Garcia
 gptkb:St._Alphonsa
 gptkb:St._Devasahayam_Pillai
 gptkb:St._Euphrasia_Eluvathingal
 gptkb:St._John_de_Britto
 gptkb:St._Kuriakose_Elias_Chavara
 gptkb:St._Mariam_Thresia
 gptkb:St._Thomas_the_Apostle
 gptkb:St._Francis_Xavier
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableInstitution | gptkb:Basilica_of_Bom_Jesus,_Goa gptkb:St._Francis_Church,_Kochi
 gptkb:St._Mary's_Forane_Church,_Kuravilangad
 gptkb:St._Thomas_Syro-Malabar_Catholic_Church,_Palayur
 gptkb:San_Thome_Basilica,_Chennai
 gptkb:Sacred_Heart_Cathedral,_New_Delhi
 
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                                | gptkbp:notableMission | gptkb:Amy_Carmichael gptkb:Bishop_Cotton
 gptkb:Mother_Teresa
 gptkb:William_Carey
 gptkb:Roberto_de_Nobili
 gptkb:C._F._Andrews
 gptkb:Ida_Scudder
 gptkb:St._Francis_Xavier
 
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                                | gptkbp:percentageOfIndianPopulation | about 2.3% 
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                                | gptkbp:population | approximately 28 million (2021) 
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                                | gptkbp:region | gptkb:Goa gptkb:Maharashtra
 gptkb:Andhra_Pradesh
 gptkb:Chhattisgarh
 gptkb:Karnataka
 gptkb:Kerala
 gptkb:Odisha
 gptkb:Tamil_Nadu
 gptkb:Telangana
 gptkb:Northeast_India
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsParent | gptkb:Syriac_Christianity gptkb:Malankara_Orthodox_Syrian_Church
 
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                                | gptkbp:bfsLayer | 6 
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                                | https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label | Indian Christianity 
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