A.N. Sattampillai

Arumai Nayakam Sattampillai, known popularly as Arumainayagam Sattampillai or Arumainayagam or Sattampillai or Suttampillai or spelt as Sattam Pillai, a Tamilian convert of Anglican church, was a catechist and the founder of first indigenous and independent Hindu Church of Lord Jesus, rejecting Western missionaries domination for the first time in the history of Indian subcontinent—This subversion paved the way – to develop a fusion model of Hindu-Christian religion, free from European missionaries interference – and also, inspired Indian national movement, largely centred around Bengal and Madras Presidency to fight against Western dominated Institutionalized church leading to separation of Christ from Church and Indianization of Christianity—to express and interpret Christianity and Biblical text in Indian context—socially, culturally, and religiously.

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