Rajagiri

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Rajagiri is a small hill in Kochi, Kerala, India which was bought and developed by Sacred Heart province of CMI - Carmelites of Mary Immaculate [1]) congregation. The literal meaning of raja-giri in Malayalam (the vernacular of Kerala, India) is the Hill of the King, where the King refers to Christ the King.

Nowadays, Rajagiri is synonymous with Sacred Heart Province[2] of CMI congregation and the institutions under its management. The provincial head-quarters of Sacred Heart province is situated at Rajagiri.

[edit] History

When the CMI Congregation was divided into three provinces in 1953, the central area of Kerala, more or less coextensive with the territory of the then archdiocese of Ernakulam (today Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdioces[3]and Kothamangalam Diocese[4]), was constituted into Sacred Heart Province.

When the province was established it had its headquarters, first at Aluva and then it was shifted to Rajagiri, Kalamassery in 1959. Rajagiri College of Social Sciences was established in 1955 by Sacred Heart province in Rajagiri[5]. Rajagiri Higher Secondary School was founded in 1964 [6]. Later on, the following listed educational institutions emerged under the Rajagiri management.