{"id":11771,"date":"2025-08-29T14:51:43","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T09:21:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpura.org\/blog\/?p=11771"},"modified":"2025-08-29T14:51:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T09:21:43","slug":"1986-the-religious-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpura.org\/blog\/1986-the-religious-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"1986 &#8211; The Religious In India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Through this post, we are releasing the digital scan of <strong>The Religious In India<\/strong> published in the year 1986.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11776\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11776\" style=\"width: 2819px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11776\" src=\"https:\/\/gpura.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1986-the-religious-in-india.jpg\" alt=\" 1986 - The Religious In India\" width=\"2819\" height=\"3545\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1986 &#8211; The Religious In India<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This book is primarily intended as reference material for vocational purposes as well as for information in general on the religious congregations of India. Vocation promotors, Youth Councilors, Parish Priests, Priests, and Sisters in general will find the book as a reference material.<\/p>\n<p>This book is a document of information on religious congregations in India and the material provides ever to the origin, development, nature, apostolate, present status and strength of each religious community in the country. The book has become a way of voice of the missionary Church in India that gives expression to the deep seated aspirations to bring Christ to the millions in the country and bear witness to Him through a life of total commitment.<\/p>\n<p>Three categories of congregations find place in the book. ie, with entries in English, with entries in Malayalam and with addresses only.<\/p>\n<p>This document is digitized\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gpura.org\/blog\/dharmaram-college-digitization-project\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">as part of the Dharmaram College Library digitization<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Metadata and link to the digitized document<\/h3>\n<p>Metadata and link to the digitized document are provided below. A facility to read the document online is provided in the item page.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Name:<b> The Religious In India<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Published Year:\u00a0<strong>1986<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Number of pages:<b> 248<\/b><\/li>\n<li>Printing: <strong>St. Joseph&#8217;s Press, Mannanam<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Scan link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gpura.org\/item\/1986-the-religious-in-india\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u0d15\u0d23\u0d4d\u0d23\u0d3f<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through this post, we are releasing the digital scan of The Religious In India published in the year 1986. This book is primarily intended as reference material for vocational purposes as well as for information in general on the religious congregations of India. 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