Indian Christianity

HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY IN INDIA : M. M. NINAN
remained a vegetarial and wore only cloths made with Khadi - native hand woven clothes. We as a
family were deeply involved in the Ashrams. There are three Ashrams which were particularly dear our
family. Two of my older brothers Dr. M.M.Thomas (of World Council of Churches) and Advocate
M.M.Cherian were particularly part of the Sat Tal Ashram, the Christavashram of Manganam, Kottayam
and the Kodaikanal Ashram of Dr. R.R.Keithan. It was Rev. Keithan who introduced me to Sarvodaya
Movement. As a teen ager I remember to have lived in these ashrams on and off. In fact I was asked to
lead one of the Sarvodaya Conferences held in Keithan's Ashram in 1954. So also I led the discussions
on Sarvodaya in relation to the Kingdom of God concept in Christianity in the Mahabaleshwar
Conference.
Presenting the Paper on Sarvodaya and Kingdom of God and leading one of the group discussions in
Mahabaleshwar Ashram. I was a student of the Royal Institute of Science at Bombay.
Sat Tal Ashram was founded by E. Stanley Jones a Methodist Evangelist from America
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