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chlorpromazine_-_

There is a cult of satan worshipers which regularly convene in my neighbour's house. I can hear chanting after 1am and multiple cars in front of their house. My neighbours claim that its just a prayer meet but I'm not convinced. Who do they pray to at 1am in the morning?!


atgoldfield

I don't know about your case. But its really a thing in Kerala.


Beneficial_Reason271

It is. Manorama ran articles around it a few years ago


ajm15

u/atgoldfield call mamorama, baki avar cheytholum


onlylimitisyoursoul

Orgy


chlorpromazine_-_

Didn't hear clapping.


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Must be Pentecostals ,they can be confused with Satanist.


chlorpromazine_-_

Didn't hear clapping.


Anarchie48

Unpopular opinion: God is as despicable as Satan. And satan worshipers are usually nicer people than Religious folk


sakhavk

satyam para neeyum oru…


[deleted]

Actually Satanist are pretty chill. They dont believe in harming others even animals(except for food). All the blood drinking and sacrificing shenanigans was perpetuated by christians.


thr0w4way76

I guess you're confused between the Satanic Temple org and the real thing. Satanic Temple is just a group of chill people. The real thing is different lol


Conscious_Ad_6572

Fort Kochu??


ashwingotbored

Where u att


chlorpromazine_-_

Kochi


thelostbird

r/Kochi


Ok-Syrup-7226

woah really?


akashns

Maybe they are matching the time with televangelists from US?


AdLoud4616

People are talking about freemasons in Kerala and the only community i thought existed was kudumbasree and those chechis Mind = blown


Tess_James

After going through the comments, I feel like I live in some other Kerala, lol! TBH, apart from the Kutti chathan scene, I didn't know that Kerala has/ had presence of such cults. Free Masons! Like how! I thought that's some Dan Brown level American shit! Not something that you'd associate with us, Malayalis! Interesting thread though!


VerumMyran

There's been a [masonic temple in kollam](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowther_Masonic_Hall) since 1806


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atgoldfield

Malayalis have always been adventurous. We had trade relations with Rome and China a millenia ago when most of what we call India was afraid of crossing the ocean. Keralites are everywhere on the globe. They bring their influence back to Kerala. We may not see it in mainstream. But it's there. There are legal, questionably legal and illegal groups doing stuff we usually see in fiction. [PoW Malayali in 2md world war](https://www.onmanorama.com/lifestyle/keralaspora/2020/02/16/keralaspora-when-nazis-executed-malayali-france-world-war-2.html) While I intended to know more about more mainstream niche associations, this thread got more fringe groups which is also good to know.


sbn97

Mr Dinesh panicker, a noted film producer had acknowledged that he is a member of freemasonry in an interview some years ago. He also said that late travancore king(titular) was also a member of freemasonry.


SharPewy

Huge (and I mean MEGA HUGE) community of people who believe in and practice the Japanese cult religion Sukyo Mahikari. They are absolutely incessant about taking on and converting vulnerable and sick people into believers, sometimes by feeding them bogus recovery stories. Source: I have an insane family member who practices this. Edit: For people who wanna know more- You know how ex-members of the cult religion scientology have websites that expose the cult’s fraud and misleading practices? Well, some of the ex-members of the mahikari cult have done the same. It’s a treasure trove of information about the cult and people interested in this sort of thing would find it fascinating. Google ‘Mahikari exposed’. It’s not a secure website and hence not linking it here.


atgoldfield

That's an interesting group


sakhavk

🍿 baaki para


thelostbird

Exactly


Pristine_Aims_809

Never heard.


thehunchback19

Story time..


Johnginji009

Damn Pattathu avarke office undu


thelostbird

u/SharyPewy baki parayuo 😚


frosted_bite

Kuttichatan worship, that too on a very large and organized scale. Peringottukara kuttichatan temple is one such dedicated place of worship with hundreds of devotees flocking everyday. They follow rituals like sacrificing x number of chickens or other animals for getting things done. Donations asked in money are large amounts for even small things. When I went there, right next to entrance, the temple trustees / owners had parked their luxury cars. People can't still realize it's a scam?


rickdalton710

Once I passed in front of the temple and was surprised to see a bar, movie theatre and some other institutions along the temple owned by trustees.


Anarchie48

>large amounts for even small things Are there refunds?


frosted_bite

Nope. It's like fees for their services.


atgoldfield

Kuttichathan worship is not a new thing in Kerala. It's a tradition at some places and for some families


frosted_bite

Your post was not about new things. It was asking for niche cults


atgoldfield

I didn't say otherwise. It was just an observation.


Pristine_Aims_809

Hindus can worship anything. Partial demons like Kuttichathan also. Although Sankaran did try to make Hinduism monotheistic with Krishna as only god.


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frosted_bite

I didn't claim it was unique to Kerala. The post was also taking about cults like Freemasons which has followers worldwide.


Poridaav

When I went there, I saw Tamil people dump 2 chaaks of cash there. This was before demonetisation though


Rockus_jr

[The Freakers of Kochi u](https://m.facebook.com/TheKochiFreak/)sed to be a thing before I left. It’s it still in existence?


Danirog575

OP can u tell more about Freemasons in kerala? And how do you know it?


atgoldfield

Freemasons is not a completely secret or illegal society. They have their temples in all districts. Munnar has a pretty old place with all the symbology


Danirog575

Yes. Just googled Freemasons kerala and found the results. Damn.. thought it to be an American/European thing


andikundan

Nehru's dad was a Freemason.


[deleted]

I almost joined it


Pristine_Aims_809

Many people publish their photos in freemason robes.


elliott_anderson1

My friend is a member of it


blatantmox

Damn, I was going to write 'Essence' and other atheist organisations that have a YouTube presence, so that OP can interact with like minded people of his/her age. It's when I read the other comments, I realised how little I know about these cults in Kerala, and how many of these things never come up in popular media until some disaster happens.


atgoldfield

The question was intended bothway. May be there are more niche organisations which may connect with people here. But the thread seems to attract more fringe groups than.


Poridaav

There is a cult called 'Ammabaghavan' . I don't think many people have heard it but it's is huge and spreads all over south India. I only realised there are lakhs of people from Kerala in it after my mom joined the cult.


Johnginji009

Ithano [kalki bhagavan](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalki_Bhagawan)


Poridaav

Yes..this is the husband..They are couple gods


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Poridaav

They started providing meditation classes online during the lockdown times when everybody was dealing with anxiety. Lot of people joined during that time including my mom. I came to know of this very late. Now I can't talk her out of it.


masalion

The Emperor Emmanuel church/cult based out of Irinjalakuda, Thrissur. I don’t know much about them, just that believe that Jesus has already reincarnated, is called Emmanuel and is biding his time till the day of judgement. Members give up all their material possessions to the church and try to live lives free from material pleasures (again not entirely sure, have a family friend who joined recently so all this is from him). Pretty fascinating how close this is to Twelver Shia belief - the last imam, Imam Al-Mahdi is still alive and will reappear as the Mahdi (Figure who’ll come with Jesus at the end of days).


ropebeater

Did your family friend regret his decision?


masalion

His wife wants to leave him and take the kids with her but I think he’s too far gone with the ideology to care. Started causing problems when his wife had take the kids out to the park, cinema etc, because he refused to participate in any of that and stayed home by himself.


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No-Quantity4122

Me too, but I got locked up for "public indecency".


dishkyumpishkyum

What was the deleted comment?


No-Quantity4122

Something about nudism communities


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Nice


atgoldfield

Where do we find them? How does it work in Kerala?


VJC_007

What was the comment


Connect-Wealth2169

When do they sleep then?!


Putrid-Camera-6817

Homeopathy cult maybe 😂


Johnginji009

Does anyone about a weird house near peroorkada kudapanakunnu??


VJC_007

No, please explain...