Kalyanpur, Karnataka
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Kalyanpur (Indian English) or Calianpur (British India English) is a village situated in the Tulunad region, presently a part of the state of Karnataka.
The village is usually twinned with its neighbor Brahmavar.
According to ancient Indian Christian tradition, the Apostle Bartholomeo (or Nathaniel) was reportedly murdered by Hindus in a port city called Kalyan or Kalyanpur in South Asia, just as the Apostle Thomas was murdered by Hindus near Mylapore, near modern Madras or Chennai.
Both, the city of Kalyan (British India English "Calian") and the village of Kalyanpur, were at one time port cities, and both vie for the honor of being St. Bartholomeo's place of martyrdom.
Brahmavar-Kalyanpur is also the residence of a group of dissident Padroado Catholics, formerly under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Goa, who broke away from the Catholic Church due to disgust at being transferred to the jurisdiction of the Vicar Apostolic of Mangalore under the supervision of Propaganda Fide, teaming up with Fr. Antonio Francisco Xavier Alvares and Dr. Lisboa e Pinto to form the Independent Jacobite Church of Ceylon, Goa and India. Brahmavar-Kalyanpur contributed the largest number of former Catholics to this sect, and their descendants remain Jacobites.
For a time, Brahmavar-Kalyanpur was the residence of Fr. Alvares as Archbishop Mar Julious I.
Kalyanpur is also the native place of Ronald Mendonca, the former Police Commissioner of Bombay.
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