on the hillock (called Kaattadimalai) where Devasahayam was killed, a rock makes bell-like sounds when knocked with a stone. Further reading The Nectar of the Gods, King Marthanda Varma and Devasahayam, A play in three acts, Gopikrishnan Kottoor, 2015 Leita, Clement Joseph C. Martyrdom of Devasahayam. An Extract from the Report submitted to Pope Benedict XIV on the occasion of the Ad Limina Visit by Most Rev. Clement Joseph C. Leita, S.J., Bishop of Cochin, 15 November 1756 Clemens Joseph Colaco Leitao. Canonization Committee, Diocese of Kottar, 2009. National Symposium on Devasahayam Pillai. Department of History and Tourism & Historical Commission for the Cause of Martyr Devasahayam. Nagarkoil, 2008. Mathavadiyan, A. Devasahayampilla Charthram. [Malayalam. History of Devasahayam Pilla.] Trivandrum: City Press, 2006. J. Rosario Narchison,"Towards a Historiography of Martyr Devasahayam," in "India's Christian Heritage" Ed. O. L. Snaitang and George Menachery, CHAI, Bangalore, 2011, pp. 135–145. Ferroli, D. Jesuits in Malabar. Vol. II. Bangalore, 1951. Ibrahim Kunhu, A.P. Marthanda Varma: The Rise of Modern Travancore. [Malayalam.] Thiruvananthapuram: Cultural Publications Department, Govt. of Kerala, 2005. Kottukapally, Joseph. "Devasahayam Pilla: Convert, Apostle, Revolutionary, Martir [sic], I." Vidyajyoti Journal of Theological Reflection 76/1 (2012) 27-42. Kottukapally, Joseph. "Devasahayam Pilla: Convert, Apostle, Revolutionary, Martyr, II." Vidyajyoti Journal of Theological Reflection 76/2 (2012) 108-120. Narchison, Rosario J. Martyr Devasahayam. A Documented History. Nagarcoil: Canonization Committee, 2009. See also List of blesseds St. Antony Church in Chemmanvilai References External links Official Website (Bibliography ) People from Kanyakumari district Indian beatified people Indian former Hindus 1752 deaths 1712 births Indian Roman Catholics Beatifications by Pope Benedict XVI Canonizations by Pope Francis Converts to Roman Catholicism from Hinduism 18th-century Roman Catholic martyrs Venerated Catholics from Kerala 18th-century Indian scholars