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St. Mark’s Church of Podanur, Coimbatore city, Tamil Nadu was built in 1918 and its consecration took place in the following year(1919) is a fine example of British Tudor architecture. Built in 1918 and consecrated in 1919. Nuzzled behind the Podanur Railway station and shadowed by tamarind trees this old St. Marks Church remembers the Battle through a white marble plaque with the engraving that says says, ''Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John XV - 13 Verse''- in honor of a soldier , Peter O’Niell, who gave his life
In honour of fallen soldier, Peter O’ Niell, the engraving says, “Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John XV - 13 Verse. India fought both first and second World war along with the British. as it was its colony. Apart India's contribution to WWI and II was substantial The Battle of Ctesiphon in Mesopotamia (1915) was one of the earliest which British India fought in World War. Way in the initial stages the church has a small community comprising about 100 members. To them, the church was more than just a place of worship.
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Above image: St. Mark’s Church of Podanur, Coimbatore city, Tamil Nadu. it is built in Tudor style. The Tudor style, type of British architecture, mainly domestic, that grafted Renaissance decorative elements onto the Perpendicular Gothic style between 1485 and 1558. In India this type of European style is adopted for the places of worship. Importe stained glass windows and the unpainted red bricks used in the exteriors and interiors enhance the look of the church.............
This old church which is more than 94 years has distinct and impressive architecture dominated by typical European style with cross-shaped layout and impressive unpainted red bricks sourced from Kerala. because of the color, the is known locally as the “Red Church.” Quite awe-inspiring features are quality teak pews,cold terracotta floor, fine tall altar, deep sloping roofs and the stained-glass windows. As for the style of design, it is in tudor style which was common across England way in the past
What is amazing about these stained glass windows imported from England is they are meant to commemorate the lives of those lost during the First World War, adding a spiritual orientation. It looks as if the Biblical assurance comes from the above - the altar. ''A wounded soldier rests beneath clouds separating him from a risen Christ who welcomes him with open arms. It reads, “In memories of those who died in the Great War 1914-1918.”
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