Thomas Christians in India is located in the Eastern Bank of the Holy River Pampa - a Holy River according to Hindu Mythology. It is very close to the famous Hindu Pilgrimage centers – the Sabarimala Sri Ayyappa Temple and the Nilackal Temple. Thomas, one of the apostles of Jesus Christ, came here and erected the church. So the parish is named after the Apostle Thomas. Thomas is the Heavenly Patro
n of the Parish. At Present there are 325 Christian families and there are about 1850 members in this parish. All the faithful participate very actively in the church activities. Around 250 children are attending the Sunday catechesis regularly. The flourishing parish of Angelvalley was once the part of the Parish. At the time of its formation, Angelvalley had around 250 families from the Nilackal Thulapally parish. The parish is divided in to seventeen small groups called ‘Kundumba Koottayma’ and each is known after the Holy Places in the Bible such as Jerusalem, Jordan, Emmaus, Hermon, Kapharnaum, Saini, Corinthose, Thesalonica, Nazareth, Alphonsa, Chavara, Galathia, Carmel and Calvary, Nazareth and Carmel have A and B sections. Each of these groups met once in every week in one of the member families for prayer and study classes. Parish administration in very active and fruitful through these small prayer groups. We have in our parish a very established and systematic social service organization. All our social works are arranged under our ‘Malanadu Development Society’ which is the social service organization of the Diocese of Kanjirappally Fifty S.H.G.s (Self Help Groups) get help from the M.D.S. Unit. Besides, it has a prestigious rural electrification system called ‘Malanadu Mycro Hydel Power Project’ Thulappally (M.H.P.P.). This power project generate electricity from water and supplies to about 250 Families, Many Shops, Clinics, Temples, Mosques & Churches. Parish helps the milk producing farmers to sell their milk under M.M.P. (Mahima Milk Producers Union). Under the leadership of M.D.S. Unit of the parish the people of Pampavalley made the longest Rubberized Road in Asia, two large bridges across the rivers Pampa and Azhuta, built many small bridges etc. We have a government Primary School called St. Georges L.P.S. Thulappally which is under the management of the parish. Besides this we have social service institutions such as M.D.S., M.M.P. and M.H.P.P. in the parish. These institutions sender service to all people irrespective of caste and erred. Adoration sisters have their convent near the parish church.