Kozhikode: Historian MGS Narayanan has rejected the Syro-Malabar Church's contention that St. Thomas visited Kerala.

MGS said that there were no human habitation, let alone Brahmins living in Kerala during the period in which St. Thomas is said to have visited Kerala.

"It is a usual habit to distort history as per one's own wishes. There is no archaeological evidence to prove that St. Thomas visited Kerala. What can St. Thomas to after coming here? Only forests existed here during those times. So, why should he visit Kerala? The region became inhabited only in the final years of the Mauryan period. St. Thomas' Kerala visit is a story made up by the Church. Religions and Political parties have at all times distorted history," MGS said.