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The sad news reports of sectarian violence in Orissa recently reminds us of the bloody aftermath of partition, but has more to do with the rise of fundamentalism in all parts of the world today. There are disturbing reports that the violence is being stirred up in advance of next year's election. Politics and religion are closely related in India, the nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) being the main opposition party. Kerala, with its balance of religions, has traditonally been immune to sectarian problems, although some incidents which have had their roots in community problems have been blamed on one religion or another.
Facing the Arab states, Kerala's heritage includes visits by the Romans, possibly the Greeks, Jewish traders and in 53AD, or thereabouts, St Thomas. The almost equal proportions of Christian, Muslim and Hindu populations has led to a famous tolerance. The Christian population is made up of Syrian Christians, who underwent a schism in the early 20th Century into Orthodox Syrian and Syrian Orthodox churches. Catholicism arrived with the Portuguese, St Francis Xavier being the most famous Saint, being buried in St Francis Church in Cochin for a while before they dug him up and sent him home for a final resting place, minus a couple of body parts.
There is a touching pragmatism about the way in which some Keralans view religion. The restaurant manager at one small hotel was wearing a crucifix, and so we asked him if he was a Christian. "No," he said, "I am a Hindu." We enquired about the crucifix. He smiled and replied, "I just like to sound of Jesus."
Mixed marriages are not unusual between Hindu and Christian, and there is a recognition that what a person is and does counts most of all. Most of the Keralans we have met have been very devout, treating their churches and shrines with immense respect. Tourists are not allowed in temples in Kerala, a ban which some visitors find frustrating, but the temples are there for worship, not viewing.

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