9. MEDAK CATHEDRAL

@MEDAK CATHEDRAL

Medak Cathedral is the seat of the Bishop in Medak for the Church of South India (comprising Wesleyan Methodist, Congregational and Anglican missionary societies - SPG, WMMS, LMS, CMS, and the Church of England). The Cathedral is the largest of all churches in Telangana. The Cathedral also sees over the Diocese of Medak, which is the single largest diocese in Asia and the second largest diocese in the world. It was consecrated on 25 December 1924. Built by the British Wesleyan Methodists, the Cathedral is now under the jurisdiction of the Church of South India.

The cathedral is 100 ft (30 m) wide and 200 ft (61 m) long and conforms to the Gothic Revival style. It can accommodate about 5,000 people at a time. The mosaic tiles were imported from Britain and are of six different colors. Italian masons from Bombay were engaged for laying the decorative flooring. Massive pillars built with fine-hewn and well-dressed gray stone support the gallery and the whole edifice. The roof of the church is made sound-proof by means of a hollow sponge material and has an impressive style of vaulting. The surface of the vaulting has the shape of squares. The bell-tower is 175 ft (53 m) high. (It is said that when the Nizam of Hyderabad discovered that the church would be higher than the Charminar, he made a vain bid to have its height reduced.)

Our family visited during the evening hours and had the privilege of viewing the church under the rays of the sun setting. The slight orange glow added much more beauty to the church.

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