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DAMAN DIU AND DADRA NAGAR HAVELI TOURISM The light blue emblem of Daman Diu and Dadra Nagar Haveli Tourism (DDDNHP) is a panel with a border made up by the motifs of the traditional mask, a pair of local flowers, vegetables, fish, deer, snails, swans, anchors lions and cannons and flowing waters and a church. The panel holds the name of the tourism establishment and at the bottom its tagline ‘Small is Big’ is written. The motifs which form the shape and border represent what is available in the State’s geography and a tourist attraction. The emblem is innovative, representative and attractive. The colour light blue represents the blue waters and tranquillity, peace, health, healing, acceptance, truth, serenity, trustworthiness, reliability, wisdom, creativity, spirituality and softness.

GOA UNIVERSITY Goa University (GU) has three campuses in Panaji, Margao and Vasco da Gama. Its history dates back to the 17th century, when the Portuguese established the first university courses in Goa. However, it wasn't until after Goa was annexed by India that the university was consolidated, with the University of Mumbai establishing the Centre for Postgraduate Instruction and Research (CPIR) in Panaji in 1962. The present university was established under the Goa University Act of 1984 (Act No. 7 of 1984) and commenced operations on June 1, 1985 replacing the CPIR. The emblem of the university in the shape of an oval takes the form of a scroll. The central portion houses the motifs of an open book symbolising education, knowledge and wisdom; an atomic structure denoting science and science education; the church represents Se Cathedral of Goa and the musical notes denote the musical and dance traditions of Goa. Above the plaque on a banner the name of the university is w

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TIRUCHIRAPALLY, TAMILNADU The National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli was formerly known as REC Tiruchirappallii. It is one among the 31 NITs and its basic structure of organisation, functions and powers of the Institute are briefed in the NIT Acts and Statutes. NIT Tiruchirappalli started with three engineering branches, namely, Electrical, Mechanical and Civil. In its emblem the three branches are represented by the transmission tower, Archimedes lifting the earth with a lever and a multi-storied structure. At the bottom of the cog wheel is the Sanskrit phrase - 'Satyameva Jayate' meaning, 'Truth Alone Triumphs'. The two lighted lamps on either side symbolise the light of knowledge and truth. In the foreground are the major landmarks of the city: the ‘Rockfort Temple’ and the ‘Our Lady of Lourdes Church’. At the base of the Rockfort Temple is 1964, the year of establishment. The emblem is embellished with

ST. THOMAS EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF INDIA St. Thomas Evangelical Church of India - STECI is an evangelical, episcopal, missionary church with headquarters in Kerala, India. It was formed in 1961 as a result of a reformation movement in the Mar Thoma Church and traces its ancestry almost back 2000 years to the tradition of Apostle Thomas. STECI firmly affirms that the Bible is the inspired, inerrant and infallible word of God and all that is necessary for human salvation and living in holiness and righteousness is given in the Bible. This Church believes in the personal return of Lord Jesus Christ with glory to judge both the living and the dead and in the final establishment of the kingdom of God in its fullness. STECI believes in the bodily resurrection of the dead – the just will rise to life and the unjust will rise to be condemned. http://steci.org/ https://www.scribd.com/doc/298953769/Swamy-s-Symbols-of-India-Volume-1  

MALANKARA MAR THOMA SYRIAN CHURCH Malankara Marthoma Syrian Church is traditionally believed to have been founded by Saint Thomas (Mar Thoma), one of the 12 disciples of Jesus Christ, and known by the name of the Apostle, in the year AD 52, Mar Thoma Syrian Church of Malabar is one of the oldest denominations of Christianity. The Church defines itself as "Apostolic in origin, Universal in nature, Biblical in faith, Evangelical in principle, Ecumenical in outlook, Oriental in worship, Democratic in function and Episcopal in character”. Headquartered at Thiruvalla in Kerala, in India, the church has followers across the globe. Malankara Mar Thoma Syrian Church (Malankara Mar Thoma Suriyani Sabha as it is called in native Malayalam) is one of the oldest groups of praticing Christians in the world. Believed to be followers of one of the original disciples of Jesus Christ - St. Thomas, also called Didimus or Thomas, the doubter  . The logo of the church consists of a shield emplazoned

ASSYRIAN CHURCH OF THE EAST  The Assyrian Church of the East also called Holy Apostolic Catholic Assyrian Church of the East is a Christian church. It is one of the earliest churches to separate from the larger Church. It traces its origins to the See of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, started by Saint Thomas the Apostle as well as Saint Mari and Addai as shown in the Doctrine of Addai. This church is sometimes known as the ‘Nestorian Church’, the ‘Syrian Church’ or the ‘Persian Church’. The church is currently headed by Mar Dinkha IV. During the medieval period the geographical horizons of the Church of the East extended well beyond its heartland in present-day Iraq. Nestorian communities sprang up throughout Central Asia, and missionaries took the Christian faith as far as China and the Malabar Coast of India . http://simple.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assyrian_Church_of_the_East https://www.scribd.com/doc/298953769/Swamy-s-Symbols-of-India-Volume-1

SYRO-MALANKARA CATHOLIC CHURCH The Indian Church had an apostolic foundation in 52 AD through the evangelisation mission of St. Thomas, one of the twelve Apostles of Jesus Christ. It came in contact with the Syro-Chaldean Church of the Middle East and consequently adopted the East Syrian Liturgy. The Portuguese extended the Padroado agreement in their evangelization programme over India and wanted to bring the Indian Church of the St. Thomas Christians under this jurisdiction. The Portuguese missionaries, ignorant of the Oriental traditions of the Indian Church, had the conviction that anything different from the Western Church was schism and heresy. Hence they wanted to Latinise the Syrian Christians of India. The initial resistance slowly gave way to discontentment, which ended up with the revolt in 1653 known as the Koonan Cross Oath. Thus, the one Church of the St.Thomas Christians was split into two. A large majority of the broken-away-group hesitated to sever ties with Rome and t

SYRO-MALABAR CHURCH The Syro-Malabar Church is an Apostolic Church which traces its origin to the Apostolate of St. Thomas who, according to the tradition, landed at  Cranganore in 52 AD and founded seven Christian communities at Palayur, Cranganore, Kokkamangalam, Kottakavu (Parur), Quilon, Niranam and Chayal. In the Nineteenth Century this Church was designated as the Syro-Malabar Church in the documents from the Roman Curia under which name it is known today. On December 21, 1923, the Syro-Malabar Hierarchy was established with Ernakulam as the Metropolitan See and Trichur and Changanacherry and Kottayam as suffragans. There are 36,74,115 faithful, with 7,252 priests (3,716 diocesan and 4,740 religious), and 36,611 women religious. http://www.smcim.smonline.org/ https://www.scribd.com/doc/298953769/Swamy-s-Symbols-of-India-Volume-1  

MALANKARA ORTHODOX SYRIAN CHURCH The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church was founded by St. Thomas, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ, who came to India in A.D. 52. Atleast from the fourth century the Indian Church entered into a close relationship with the Persian or East Syrian Church. From the Persians, the Indians inherited East Syrian language and liturgies and came to be known as Syrian Christians. In the sixteenth century Roman Catholic tried to unite the Syrian Christians to the Roman Catholic Church and this led to a split in the community. Those who accepted Catholicism are the present Syro-Malabar Catholics. Later Western Protestant missionaries came to Kerala and worked among Syrian Christians; That also created certain splits in the community. In the seventeenth century the Church came to a relationship with the Antiochene Church which again caused splits. As a result of this relationship the Church received West Syrian liturgies and practices. At present the Church

JACOBITE SYRIAN CHURCH Jacobite Syrian Church  (Syrian Orthodox Church) of India, Iraq and Syria, recognize the Syrian Orthodox patriarch of Antioch as its spiritual head. The foundation of the Jacobite Syrian Orthodox Church of Antioch goes back to early Apostolic days. This event in the history of Christianity is recorded in the Book of Acts 11:26. Apostle Peter Himself established his See 37 AD. He is, therefore, rightly considered the founder and first Patriarch of the Syrian Orthodox Church. St. Peter took up the leadership of the Church of Jerusalem after Christ’s Crucifixion and resurrection. The emblem shown here is common for all the  Syrian the sects. http://www.jacobitesyrianchurch.org/ https://www.scribd.com/doc/298953769/Swamy-s-Symbols-of-India-Volume-1

PENTECOSTAL CHURCH OF GOD The Indian Pentecostal Church of God – IPC  is the largest indigenous Pentecostal movement in India, with its headquarters at Hebron, Kumbanad, Kerala, India. The movement was established in 1924 and registered on December 9, 1935 at Eluru, Andhra Pradesh, under the Government of India. K. C. John now serves as the IPC general president, Baby Varghese serves as IPC general vice-president and T. Valson Abraham as the IPC general secretary. The organization has about 7,500 churches located in over 25 regions and states around the world. However, the state of Kerala, India has the greatest number of IPC churches: nearly 4,500 local congregations. In the late 1920s, K. E. Abraham, P. M. Samuel, K. C. Cherian, T. G. Oommen and others united the various independent Pentecostal churches into a Pentecostal denomination. K. E. Abraham (1899–1974) became a Pentecostal in 1923, but disagreed with other missionaries mostly from Assemblies of God and founded the Indian Pen

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF INDIA In 1875 Twenty-one Presbyterian churches from Europe and North America met in London to establish ‘The Alliance of the Reformed Churches throughout the World holding the Presbyterian System’. The International Congregational Council first met in 1891. These two bodies merged in 1970 to form the World Alliance of Reformed Churches (Presbyterian and Congregational). In this Presbyterian Church of India logo, confluencing of the three circles indicates Trinity.   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Presbyterian_Church_of_India_logo.jpg#filelinks https://www.scribd.com/doc/298953769/Swamy-s-Symbols-of-India-Volume-1

CHURCH OF NORTH INDIA The Church of North India is formed out of the result of a series of consultations, with a view to Church Union began in 1929. The consultations reached its fourth and final edition of roundtables in 1965 and the Church Union in North India was inaugurated on November 29, 1970 in Nagpur. The logo is designed by Frank Wesley. The circle in which the whole badge  is enclosed is a symbol of eternity, for it is without beginning and without end. Dominating the whole design is the golden Cross, the universally accepted badge of the Christian. It stands for self giving and self-sacrifice, for patient endurance of suffering accepted for the sake of others. Gold also suggests victory. The is set against a red background, the colour of blood and this is a symbol of sacrifice and self-giving. Red is also in liturgical usage the colour which stands for the Holy Spirit. Behind the cross there is a lotus, dear to the heart of every Indian which is the symbol of purity rising i

CHURCH OF SOUTH INDIA The Church of South India is the result of the union of churches of varying traditions Anglican, Methodist, Congregational, Presbyterian and Reformed and inaugurated in September 1947.  The Logo of the Church of South India is an important and significant as the formation of the CSI through the process of unification. The Lotus, a typical Indian flower, in mythology is supposed to be not only a temple flower but also the seat of the creator. ‘Pankajam’one of the Indian names given to the Lotus has a very significant meaning that ‘it is born in mud’. The Lotus blooms at sunrise and withers at sunset, in other words it lives as long as it can receive the sunrays hence it is also called ‘Thammipuvu’ meaning flower of the sun. Whether it means ‘born in the mud’ or ‘flower of the sun’ to the Indian Church, it stands to be interpreted as symbolizing the composition, nature and role of the members of the Church of South India in the bond of the union and in the context o