Dad's stories

Dad has a meeting in thirupur this pongal holidays. My husband was asking where and that's when the story unfolded.

150 years ago, 2 doctors, finished frcs in England. One was an Indian and the other a rich English. They decided to dedicate their life for the Indian poor people. They sold their wealth and bought land in India near thirupur. The speciality of the place was, no one was  paid. And only those who haven't married can work there.  They had school and hospital built. There were two separate houses for the two doctors. They wore a vetti and banian. Simplicity was their life style.   They also wrote the will, such that the only folks who satisfy above condition can stay there.

A doctor called Raja joined them..but now they are all long dead and no one to continue the service with such passion that those 2 early doctors had. It is with NMS now. They have an auditorium which is rented out for meetings. This is the story of thirupur asram.

John D Britto, came some 500 years back. He spoke the word of God and as a result, the King decided to take baptism. Brito declined as he had 5 wives. They were princess of the neighboring Kingdoms. The King sent 4 of them back. This infuriated the Kings of the neighboring Kingdoms and they decided to kill Britto. They caught him, while he gathered for baptising people and cut his hands,legs , head and nailed each part on a tree.

Those days, 2 third of what was caught by fishermen was taken in by the small Kings of the land . ( Sitarasargal)
As a result fishermen suffered a lot. Brito informed the Governor of Goa and he brought in an army. They stood along the shore and prevented the small Kings from getting the fishes. Thus many fishermen were saved. Many took baptism and their generation still are. Some may lack deep understanding of scripture.