Did the Apostle Thomas Travel to India?

The article explores the tradition that Saint Thomas, known as 'Doubting Thomas,' evangelized in South India, possibly traveling further than the Apostle Paul. Key sources include the early third-century Acts of Thomas and writings by ancient Christian authors. Historians suggest Thomas may have made multiple journeys, first crossing the Parthian Empire to northern Pakistan, then returning to Jerusalem before heading to the Malabar Coast in Kerala, where tradition holds he planted seven churches. He is said to have died as a martyr in Mylapore, near Chennai, after being stoned and killed with a javelin. The Santhome Basilica in Chennai marks his tomb, built in 1523 by Portuguese missionaries and replaced by a Gothic cathedral in 1896. Today, around two million Saint Thomas Christians in Kerala trace their faith to him, worshipping in the Syriac tradition of the Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church.