It’s another journey after a series of hilltop view around Pune, Medak—80 kilometers from Hyderabad with its boundaries nearing the border line of Warangal is a quick weekend.
Famed for its 1914 cathedral establishment by Charles Walker Posnett, one of the largest Gothic built (next to Vatican) in this part of south-eastern world, Medak Church can accommodate five thousand people at a time. (^o-o^) This exemplar of piety and beauty came up at Medak after a dreadful famine hit the area around World War I and all but decimated it in a relentless three years. Posnett provided with the food for the starving and as an act of gratification to God built the Medak Church with the labor and love of the people.
Stand amidst pomegranate shades and copious yellow bloom the church looks like a pile of white granite that soars to the sky. A lofty 173 ft high at its pinnacle, the church is built on an immense scale measuring 200 ft x 100 ft wide with tiles brought from Italy and soundproof ceiling, cast to give off perfect acoustic results. Added to its architectural brilliance are the huge stained glass paintings depicting Ascension, birth and Crucifixion of Reverend Jesus thus, completing the trilogy. Each window is made up of small bits of painted glass which are glued and then delicately set into the stone windows. The window to the north which offers a canopy to the altar is very fascinating.
What is alarming here is that Christian fundamentalists across opposing sects have been working in unison to state-sponsored conversion game that is quite evident across Andhra Pradesh. (Dude! Keep that stuff outta-box and as a next blog).
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