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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Church in Tamil Nadu, India}}<br />
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{{Infobox church<br />
| name = Brough Memorial Church <br />
| fullname = CSI Brough Memorial Church<br />
| image = CSI Brough Memorial Church.jpg<br />
| caption = CSI Brough Memorial Church, Erode<br />
| pushpin map = Tamil Nadu<br />
| map caption = CSI Brough Memorial Church, [[Erode]], [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|11.338701|N|77.726119|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
| location = Meenakshi Sundaranar Road, [[Erode]], [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| country = India<br />
| denomination = [[Church of South India|CSI]]<br />
| website = [https://www.broughmemorialchurch.org]<br />
| founder = Rev. Antony Watson Brough<br />
| consecrated date = 1930<br />
| status = [[Parish church]]<br />
| functional status = Active<br />
| architectural type = [[Chapel]]<br />
| style = [[Indo-Saracenic architecture]]<br />
| parish = Erode<br />
| <br />
}}<br />
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'''Brough Memorial Church'''<ref>{{Cite book |author=K. M. George |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zmjZAAAAMAAJ&q=CSI%2520Brough%2520Memorial%2520Church,%2520Erode |title=Church of South India: Life in Union, 1947-1997 |date=1999 |publisher=Jointly published by Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge and Christava Sahitya Samithi, Tiruvalla |isbn=978-81-7214-512-5 |language=en}}</ref> or '''CSI Brough Memorial Church''' is a CSI church situated in [[Erode district|Erode]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=CSI Brough Memorial Church - Church - Erode - Tamil Nadu |url=https://yappe.in/tamil-nadu/erode/csi-brough-memorial-church/128768 |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=yappe.in}}</ref> of [[Tamil Nadu]] state in the peninsular [[India]]. This church was built and consecrated in the year 1930 by Rev. Antony Watson Brough, a missionary from South Wales in Australia.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Home CSI BMC |url=https://www.broughmemorialchurch.org/ |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=Brough Memorial Church |language=en-US}}</ref><br />
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== Location ==<br />
It is located with the [[Coordinate system|geographic coordinates]] of {{coord|11.338701|N|77.726119|E}} at an altitude of about {{convert|191.95|m|ft}} above the mean sea level, on Meenakshi Sundaranar Road (previously Brough Road named after the then member of Erode Municipality)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Plea to rename Erode Road after Rev Brough |url=https://www.afternoonnews.in/article/plea-to-rename-erode-road-after-rev-brough |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=Afternoonnews |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |author=Staff Reporter |date=2019-11-22 |title=Renaming of Brough Road opposed |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/renaming-of-brough-road-opposed/article30054745.ece |access-date=2023-12-14 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> at the Panneer Selvam Park circle in Erode city.<br />
== Details ==<br />
This church's facade, intricate carvings and elegant arches reflect a mix of Gothic and Romanesque architectural styles.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CSI Brough Memorial Church |url=https://www.tamilnadutourism.com/attractions/churches/brough-church.php |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=www.tamilnadutourism.com}}</ref><br />
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Every year, people gather in large numbers in front of this church to welcome the new year.<ref>{{Cite web |author=Staff Reporter |date=2022-01-01 |title=Public gather in large numbers in Erode to welcome New Year |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/public-gather-in-large-numbers-to-welcome-new-year/article38086898.ece |access-date=2023-12-14 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}</ref><br />
== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
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* [https://www.youtube.com/live/2kO_aTHVeJI?si=v1GE_CIPUzLdRbAL YouTube - CSI Brough Memorial Church, Erode]<br />
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[[Category:Churches in Erode district]]<br />
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