Asia's biggest Christian Convention opens in Kerala

February 14, 2012: Nearly three million people are expected to attend the Maramon Convention which got underway in the Southern Indian state of in Kerala on Sunday.
Asia's biggest Christian convention will be addressed by prominent evangelists from across the world including Bishop Malusi Mpumlwana from South Africa, Rev. Kang-San-Tan from Malaysia and Rev. Martin Alphons from the US.
"Arise, let us be going" is the theme for this year.
Philipose Mar Chrysostum, senior metropolitan, of the Mar Thoma Church led the opening worship of the 117th edition of the convention.
The week-long event is being held under the aegis of the Syrian Mar Thoma Church, headquartered at Thiruvalla, Kerala.
The Convention takes place on the bed of river Pampa under a temporary shed made out of coconut leaves, which can seat 100,000 people.
There would be three separate sessions daily with special sessions for women and men, besides a series of prayer and devotional music sessions.