Kallarackal Family is one of the oldest and traditional Syrian Christian Families in old Travancore area. Take a moment to read about the origin, place of origin, development and growth of Kallarackal Family and about its off-shoot branches and sub-branches in Kerala, other states in India and also different countries in the world.
Traditionaly it is believed that our fore-father and his family were converted to christianity from an ancient Nambuthiri family (nambuthiri illom) named Kallarackal in Pallippuram Desom, by St. Thomas the Apostle of Jesus Christ during the period A.D 52. At that time Pallippuram Desom was included in the extented Kokkamangalam village area.
For over the time span of about 1962 years, so many branches and sub-branches have emerged from the christian Kallarackal Family. Many branches have migrated to different places in Kerala, to other states and also to different countries in the world.
Many branches or sub-branches have adopted the root family name to their family name along with the place which they have migrated or the name of the land they have settled. Eg:- Kallarackal Kadavil, Pallipram Kallarackal, Kallarackal Elanjiparambil and Kallarackal Puduparambil etc. Yet some others have adopted a different name which have no connection with the root family name, such as the land name or the important things near their place. Eg:- Munduparambil, Koottunkal etc. Most of the branches in far away places even do not know that their root family is Kallarackal, Pallippuram.
There was a lot of kathanars in different branches of this family right from AD 55. Until AD 1653 all christian Kallarackal Family members belong to the same church, called the Mar Thoma Christians. Catholicism of these families is in AD1599 after Synod of Diamper. Those migrated to Kandanad, Mulamthuruthy, Kaduthuruthy etc, after the Coonan Cross Oath (pledge of the Coonen cross) in AD 1653 happened at Mattancherry, on resistance against the Portuguese interference in Church affairs became Jacobites. Now there are a lot of priests and nuns both in Jacobite and Catholic churches from different branches of this root family.