Sandor, Palghar
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Sandor is a census town falling within the Vasai (Bassein) municipality of the Palghar district (previously Taana district), in the Konkan division of Maharashtra, India. Sandoris, the natives of Sandor, are predominantly Roman Catholic Kshatriyas of the Christian Bombay East Indian community, they converted in the colony centred around Bassein, the richest possession of the former Portuguese East Indies with the capital at Velha Goa, in the southern edge of the Konkan region. Prior to the arrival of Portuguese Armadas, there had also been some Nestorians descended from Jewish converts, by the efforts of the apostles Thomas or Bartholomew.
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Sandor | |
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Census town | |
Nickname: Sandor Church | |
Coordinates: 19.873°N 72.714°E / 19.873; 72.714 | |
Country | India |
State | Maharashtra |
District | Palghar district |
Population (2001) | |
• Total | 8,336 |
Languages | |
• Official | Marathi |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Website | maharashtra |
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Church of St. Thomas the Apostle | |
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History | |
Dedication | St. Thomas the Apostle |
Administration | |
Diocese | 22 May 1998 Diocese of Vasai |
Clergy | |
Provost and rector | Rev Fr. Thomas Lopes |
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