St. George’s
Cathedral is a Church of South India built in 1815. The church was designed by
Col. J. L. Caldwell, Senior Engineer of The British East India Company's, and
his assistant Captain De Havilland finished the construction. St. George’s
Church became prominent as the cathedral of Madras in 1835. The reredos is a
depiction of the ascension of Jesus Christ sculpted in alabaster, at the top of
which stands a black marble statue of St George, the patron saint of England
after whom the church is named.
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