number of books about Chavara are also displayed. Yet another attraction is the miniature model of his birth house. See also East Syriac Rite Syriac Christianity Later Social reformers of Kerala References External links Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara Postage stamp issued in honor of Father Elias by the Republic of India on 20 December 1987 Blessed Kuriakose Elias Chavara at Patron Saint Index 1805 births 1871 deaths Secular Order of Discalced Carmelites Founders of Eastern Catholic religious communities Third Order Regular of Discalced Carmelites Syro-Malabar priests Burials in Kerala Beatifications by Pope John Paul II Carmelite saints 19th-century venerated Christians Eastern Catholic saints Canonizations by Pope Francis Syro-Malabar saints Indian social reformers Christianity in Kerala Venerated Carmelites Venerated Catholics by Pope John Paul II Venerated Catholics from Kerala 19th-century Indian scholars Eastern Catholic poets