The most commonly believed tradition of origin among Christians in Kerala relates to the evangelical activity of Thomas the Apostle, who is said to have come to India in middle of the 1st century (AD 52). In Kerala, the people who were converted to Christianity by St. Thomas Apostle in 52 AD were known to be ‘Nasranis’. As years went on, there occurred many changes in the life, rituals and faith of these ‘Nasranis’. During the domination of the Portuguese, a group of ‘Nasranis’