Very b'ful and well maintained church....the inners of this church are so b'ful....painting and pulpit are a delight to see....very calm ambience....the church has been kept very well....however its sad to see foreigners/tourists just stepping inside and clicking hopelessly without caring to show respect to the fact that its place of prayer and faith to countless people.

This place must be oldest tourist attraction of Kerala..... Built in the 427 AD which is some 1600 years old ............. This building is a marvel of structure .......it is said that when this church was built it had 50 steps to climb before getting into the church...... But as time passed the building slowly sit into the base and... More

we were strongly insisted by the manager and staff of Triveny River Place(exactly opposite to St Mary's Forane Church) to go on a boat ride and to visit this 1600 year old building of church and to the snake boat yard and after that into smaller canals of backwaters........ and our first stop was the snake boat yard......its sheer carpentry... More

I described St Francis Church in Fort Cochin as plain and unspectacular. The Church of St mary’s in Champakulam is the opposite. The building are simple but very beautiful. The church was supposed to have been built by the Portuguese in 1579 on the site of one of the 7 churches founded by St Thomas the Apostle in the 5th... More

this is the perfect example of "old is gold"...... what a marvel on the bank of River Pampa. We stayed in Triveni River Palace opposite to the church over the river and happened to get don for a small visit to the local church, i thought it would be a usual church but we were surprised by Mr Jacob our... More

One stop at this church transforms you this beautiful church which is 1600 years old i.e 427 A.D. There is a long history behind it and its a the mother of all the churches in Kerala. The best thing about this church it is on backs of backwaters and it easily reachable. There are many resorts and home-stays nearby.

We embarked on a motor boat cruize from The Emerald Isle , Kanjoorparmbil - Manimalathara , Chathurthyakary , Alleppey at 0800 on 20th Dec 2012 for 1500 years old St Mary's Forane Church established in 427A D on the bank of Pampa river at Champakulam . It is under Archeperchy of changancherry of the Syro Malbar Church and controls almost... More

one of the very old christian churches in kerala,re constructed during the portugese period in the 16 century,beautiful wood carved altar, stone cross with lamp post from the ancient church are worth seeing. there is a camera charge levied by the church,must remove footwears outside the building