St. Andrew's Church, Bangalore
in Bengaluru, IndiaCategory: Attraction
7 views 
0 shares 
0 comments
set bookmark!
Created/changed by:
System
Address details
11, Lady Curzon Rd, Tasker Town, Shivaji Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560001, India Print route »
Phone & WWW
Business hours
Info
St. Andrew's Church [1] is a Presbyterian church, located on Cubbon Road, Bangalore. Initially knows as St. Andrews's Kirk, it was a Church of Scotland church till 1959 when it became part of the Karnataka Central Diocese of the Church of South India. The church is named after Saint Andrew, the patron saint of Scotland. St Andrew's Church celebrated its 150 years anniversary on 20 November 2014.The church was consecrated in memory of Mary Elizabeth McGoun (died 1867), wife of Col. Thomas McGoun of the 6th Madras Native Infantry (died 19 April 1868 at Marseilles on the way back to Scotland, has a memorial stone at the St. Andrew's Kirk, Madras), it was once known as the martyr's church. The monument to the memory of Mary Elizabeth is located at the end of the church altar.
