Armenian Church in Madras, India
Lusine Vasilyan
“Radiolur”
Representatives of the Research on Armenian Architecture NGO have recently returned from India. During a week-long trip the group traveled in tens pf Indian settlements and documented the history of the monuments of the Indian-Armenian community. This was the first study that tried to search for traces of Armenian architecture in a community that far from Armenia.
The six-member team visited about twenty Indian cities from Delhi to Madras and Kolkata.
“In India we counted 10 standing Armenian churches,” said Samvel Karapetyan, chairman of Research on Armenian Architecture NGO. He added that the number of Armenian monuments of India totals about four thousand.
According to Karapetyan, the most ancient Armenian monument found in India dates back to the early 17th century.
The research has become possible thanks to the support of the Armenian Ministry of Culture. The NGO is provided 60 mln AMD annually to study Armenian monuments.
More information go to this website:
http://www.hyeetch.nareg.com.au/armenians/prominent_p8a.html
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