Resource Call Number : RR-762 / AP 212

AP 212 - Lak alaha/daivame njangal ange vazhthunnu. Translation of the Latin hymn "Te Deum".

The history of the famous Latin chant, Te Deum ("To You O Lord), spans several centuries, many continents and cultures. The chant reached the St. Thomas Catholics in Kerala through the Portuguese missionaries in the sixteenth century. It is possible that the missionaries, who accompanied Vasco de Gama on his second trip to India in 1502, sang this hymn when they landed on the shores of Kerala, in gratitude for a safe journey.......