Knanaya

This app called Knanaya is a hand book for the knanaya community. It includes a small history of knanaya migration to Kerala and a small description about the origin and history of the Archdiocese of Kottayam.

The main intension behind this app is to spread the lyrics of the knanya folk songs and marriage songs among the members of Knanaya community. It also contains certain prayers that are used by the Knanaites on particular occasions and many other regular prayers.

In the purathanappattu section, you can see the lyrics of knanaya folk and marriage songs, Church songs (pallippattukal), margamkali songs and certain syriac songs that are used regularly by the Knanaya community.

In order to get the tune of the songs there are audio files that can be played only with internet connection. Some of the audio files are not complete and not correspond with the lyrics (eg: Kottayam pattanam) because the lyrics are from ancient books and there are no corresponding audios available. After all the audio files are just for getting the tune. The length of the lines of the song lyrics may vary according to the screen size of the phone and if so use the phone in landscape mode.

In another section the knanaya app explains all the customs (marriage & other) followed by the Knanaya community. It helps one to follow these customs accurately in marriages and other occasions, thus to keep the tradition and unity of the knanaya community.

Kindly inform if there is any correction.