several old coins and other artefacts found from the region tells this area was predominant with buddhists and jains in very old time. the 18 and a 1/2 viharas around angamaly is a proof for this. malayatoor, which is christian devotional centre, is very near to angamaly. it is said that st. thomas, the apostlate who was deputed to the region by jesus christ came via angadikadavu in angamaly using manjali thodu to come from kodungaloor port at ad 58. there are evidence for the churches in the locality built as early as ad 409 and ad 822. it was the headquarters of mar abraham, assyrian-chaldean catholic archbishop of angamaly and hind in the sixteenth century.