Apostle

A Greek-derived transliteration, established since the earliest Tamil Bible translation work. Tamil Nadu has its own ancient apostolic-heritage claim: tradition holds that the apostle Thomas was martyred at Mylapore (present-day Chennai), where the San Thome Cathedral Basilica now stands as one of only three churches in the world built over an apostle’s tomb. NEVER குரு (guru), which flattens apostolic authority into a generic spiritual-teacher role.