The origin and growth Expansion of this annual get-together for one week at a stretch Expansion can be traced to the great revival movement Social_event which gathered Come_together momentum during the reformation period in the Syrian Churches of Kerala under the pioneering leadership of Abraham Malpan in the latter part of the 19th century .

This brought about Causation the transformation Change in resurgence of the ancient apostolic Churches in Kerala founded Creating by St. Thomas the Apostle approximately in AD 52 .