Edakkal Amma Church

Edakkal Amma Church in Edakkal Caves, Nenmeni

Edakkal Amma church is situated at Edakkal Village. It is a road side church we can see this church while climbing to Edakkal Caves, Wayanad.

Edakkal Amma church is open church on the foot of the Edakkal cave where we can see the Mother Mary's carvings on the stone. Mother Mary is known as Edakkal Amma and there is a big cross. The pictures of Mother Mary, Jesus Christ, Adam and Eve Forbidden fruit etc., are carved on the rocks. There is stone deployed by the St. George Malankara Catholic Church Kuppakkolly which says this church name as Edakkal Amma church. 

Secularism seen in Edakkal Amma church - The Hindu Symbol 'Om' is engraved  on a pillar.

Edakkal Caves are the natural caves at a remote location at Edakkal. Inside the caves we can see the pictorial writings believed to date to at least 6,000 BCE, from the Neolithic man, indicating the presence of a prehistoric civilization or settlement in this region. The Stone Age carvings of Edakkal are rare and are the only known examples from south India.

How to Reach : Edakkal Caves are the natural caves at a remote location at Edakkal, 25 km from Kalpetta in the Wayanad district of Kerala in India's Western Ghats.