{"id":6135,"date":"2026-03-16T05:06:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T05:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carmelcbsemancherial.com\/?page_id=6135"},"modified":"2026-03-16T06:25:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T06:25:49","slug":"the-founder","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carmelcbsemancherial.com\/?page_id=6135","title":{"rendered":"THE FOUNDER"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6135\" class=\"elementor elementor-6135\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-348699e7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"348699e7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6ad216 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f6ad216\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">THE FOUNDER<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbcace6 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fbcace6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a97aa3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6a97aa3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9394976 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"9394976\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81b269e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"81b269e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"822\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/carmelcbsemancherial.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/founder.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6141\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b187762 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b187762\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c08066 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7c08066\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Founder of the CMI Congregation:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4860dbd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4860dbd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chavarayachan as he is popularly known, was born at Kainakary in Kerala. He was a great visionary and a saintly priest who ventured into many humanitarian activities in his lifetime. He is the forerunner in the field of education in kerala and he is also the founder of CMI congregation, the first indigenous religious congregation in India.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ce4642 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9ce4642\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">He was a great social reformer who started a Sanskrit school for the low caste people and set up an old age home, an orphanage and many other social oriented projects among the Christians.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44b834e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"44b834e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Foreseeing the role of communication media, he established a printing press at Mannanam. 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