(by Govind Menon, The New Indian Express, 11th March 2023)
Secretive societies have always captured the public imagination, with their presence in literature and films. Novels like Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code to films such as Prithviraj’s Lucifer have fuelled discussions and conspiracy theories on groups such as the Priory of Sion and the Illuminati, and their mysterious powers.
It may come as a surprise that a ‘secretive’ – or misunderstood, rather – group known as the Freemasons has been active in Kochi for the past 100 years, with its meeting place at an old building near Nazareth beach – Lodge Cochin.
According to the Freemasons, their history traces back to the Biblical figure Hiram Abiff, who was the chief architect…
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According to the Freemasons, their history traces back to the Biblical figure Hiram Abiff, who was the chief architect…
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