Cora — Francis Itty

In 1506, during the Portuguese occupation, he convinced the Archbishop of Angamaly to let him search. For months, he wandered the Malabar coast, tracing old songs and half-forgotten landmarks. And then, on a hillock near present-day Ernakulam, he found it—half-sunken in earth, covered in wild roots, but intact.

The moment it was lifted, the story takes its strange turn: no human hand could pull it fully from the ground. Itty Cora fell to his knees in prayer, and only then, the cross rose—dripping with soil and glory. When they cleaned it, they saw not just the old Pahlavi, but what seemed like a vision of Christ etched into the stone by time itself. francis itty cora

Itty Cora became obsessed with finding it. In 1506, during the Portuguese occupation, he convinced

To look into Francis Itty Cora is not to look for a warrior or a king, but for a man who believed that the sacred can be hidden, but never lost—and that even in the mud of history, grace can be unearthed by those who seek with trembling hands and a stubborn heart. The moment it was lifted, the story takes