St. John the Baptist Church, Permude

The St. John the Baptist is a Roman Catholic Church situated in the locality of Permude, Mangalore taluk. This church is located on the way to Kateel from Bajpe. The church is devoted to St John the Baptist who is known for truth and justice.HistoryIn early days, most of the people in Permude were farmers and hard workers. Agriculture and dairy farming were the occupations of the people here during the early years. Permude had a nickname as Perda Mudde(Tulu Language) as production of milk was plenty during early time. Prior to foundation of this church the catholics around permude were part of Bajpe and Kalavaru. For spiritual needs, catholics of Permude were walking several miles to Bajpe or to Kalavaru as there were no other transport facility available.Meanwhile catholic community realized the need of a church in Permude. During this time, John Baptist Balthazar Nazareth, a resident of Permude and by profession a coffee planter in Chikmagalur became sick. His wife Seraphine Nazareth vowed to build a church in Permude to get back her husband's good health. So Seraphine Nazareth started the construction of the church along with her daughter who looked up the responsibility of the church building and her son in law Albert Ambudias Rodrigues who extended his cooperation for the same. Three fourth of the cost of the construction was shared by the founders and a quarter of the cost was borne by the parishioners by donating material and labour.