| THAYILLUM FAMILY |
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| This site is managed by Georgi Thengumthottathil Abraham |
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| Introduction:
Thayillum is one of the oldest Christian families in central Travancore, which has its roots from ancient 'Thayillum' Brahmin family in Ayroor, Kerala, India. |
| Thayillum Root Family
In the Kerala Christian directory published in 1939, page 397 it is described that Thayillum Kudumbam is one of the Aristocratic Brahmin family which was converted to Christianity by St. Thomas. Some of the oldest Brahmin families in ancient Ayroor were Thayillum, Naduillam, Vairamana Illam, and Cherumana Illam. St Thomas used to travel from Kodungallor to Purakatt by ship, travel through Pumpa River to Ranny, and then proceed by walk to Nilackal and to Tamil Nadu. It is believed that St. Thomas on those trips used to visit Thayillum potti’s and converted them to Christianity. However there are no records about this. One of the documents is the History book published by Mr. S Thomas in 1957. There used to be some documents kept at Thayillum Kudumbam at one time but all got lost by passage of time. Some documents were at Thengumthottathil house. Among those most of them got disintegrated and lost. Some of them were collected and send to Mr. Joseph, B.A.L.T and translated. The originals were written in old scripts called ‘Nananoonam, thekkan malanma etc. The original translation was published in Malayala Manorama. This was located and got translated and published by Mr. T S Ghevarghese, B.A.L.T. The history and ancestry details from AD 800 were located at that time. |
| The Main Branches are:
Thayillum Tharayilethu Pizhathil Panikkantethu Kodiyattu Vanethu Thengumthottathil Kaipallil Kurudamannil Pulithitta |
| The Thayillum family, now more than 14 generations is over 10,000 strong and over 1500 houses and spread all over the World.
Thayillum have active chapters at United Arab Emirates and Kuwait in the Middle East |
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| The name Ayroor means five villages or five “ures”. It is beautifully situated on the banks of Famous holy river Pampa surrounded by small hills and valleys, paddy fields etc. Ayroor is a village situated on the western part of Ranny Taluk of Pathanamthitta District in Kerala state, India. It used to be a part of Tiruvalla Taluk. |
| Thayillum has a long history and believed to be more than four centuries old. It is said that St. Thomas, apostle of Jesus Christ while in India converted to Christianity certain prominent Hindu families in Kerala. Thayillum is one among those families. |
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| The river Pampa flows on the southern side of this village and it makes the soil around the village very fertile. Ayroor village was part of Travancore. It is believed that the Thekencore Kingdom's rulers named Kovilans ruled this place earlier. Hindus and Christians are almost equal in numbers and in their social status. |
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