Rev. Thomas Norton Memorial Community Hall in Alappuzha, Kerala

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Memorial community hall of Rev. Thomas Norton in Alappuzha, Kerala. The first missionary to Tranvancore from the CMS was Rev. Thomas Norton. He joined the CMS in the year 1809, and in 1814 he was assigned to work in the Ceylon (Sri Lanka) area. But ultimately he came to Kochi on May 8th, 1816 by ship. He worked in Alappuzha, a coastal town, in the Tranvancore region. His works in Alappuzha and the region surrounding is immeasurable, it was due to his efforts the first Anglican church in Kerala was built in Alappuzha. Source: http://cmsinkerala.blogspot.in/2012/12/cms-in-india-and-prominent-cms.html This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India c