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Did St.Thomas really throw water in the air (in India) and it remained airborne?

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I was told this during childhood, that this is how St.Thomas converted certain Hindu Brahmins to Christianity. Also on Wikipedia : > Historical legend records that when St. Thomas landed at Palayur, he > witnessed the sight of Hindu Brahmins, after their ablutions in a > local tank, offering prayers by chanting mantras (the Vedic tradition > of India for spiritual transformation) hymns to god in the form of > Argyam or Tharpanam (water held in the palms) of water to the Sun god, > a practice also said to be followed in Harappan and Persian cultures. > Amused by the sight of water being thrown up by the Brahmins, from the > palms of their hands, which was falling back, he challenged the > Brahmins stating that the water they were offering was not being > accepted by the Sun god as it was falling back into the tank. He made > a deal with them stating that his God would accept the offer of water > if he threw it up in the same way as they did, but water would not > fall back. If he proved this then his God was superior and the > Brahmins would have to embrace Christianity. He performed this miracle > (summoned the Holy Trinity, completed the sign of the Cross and threw > water held in his palms up into the air, which remained still in the > air at a height) and with this miracle he converted a number of > Brahmins and Jews in Palayur to Christianity. Thereafter he baptised > the converts in a nearby water tank. Is there any evidence or similar documented text outside India which confirms this miracle?
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Mar 27, 2016, 02:33 PM
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