New Jerusalem Church, Tranquebar
The New Jerusalem Church was built in 1718 by the Royal Danish missionary Bartholomaeus Ziegenbalg in the coastal town of Tranquebar, India, which was at that time a Danish India colony. The church is located on King Street, and church services are conducted every Sunday. The church, along with other buildings of the Tranquebar Mission, was damaged during the tsunami of 2004, and were renovated at a cost of INR 7 million, and re-consecrated in 2006.
New Jerusalem Church, Tranquebar
Foundation Stone in Danish (1717), New Jerusalem Church
Ziegenbalg Leaving Tranquebar (p. 170, 1890), London Missionary Society
Royal Monogram of Frederick IV of Denmark, New Jerusalem Church, Tranquebar
Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg was a member of the Lutheran clergy and the first Pietist missionary to India.
Statue of Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg at Tranquebar
Pulsnitz, birthplace of Ziegenbalg (2013)
Ziegenbalg Leaving Tranquebar (p.170, 1890), London Missionary Society
Ziegenbalg Landing Plaque, Tharangambadi (Tranquebar)