Music Iconography in the Christian places of worship in India is intrinsically linked to the multi-layered history of Christianity and the extremely complex cultural history of the country. Musical instruments rarely find a place in the many murals, frescos and other art forms in Churches of the St. Thomas Christians in Kerala that were built or rebuilt before the sixteenth century. That scenario changed with the advent of the Portuguese missiotury. That scenario changed with the advent of the Portuguese missionaries who tury. That scenario changed with the advent of the Portuguese missionaries who naries who That scenario changed with the advent of the Portuguese missionaries who naries who That scenario changed with the advent of the Portuguese missionaries who naries who That scenario changed with the advent of the Portuguese missionaries who naries who