The Thomas who came to India, was NOT actually the Apostle but a trader called Thomas of Canaan! If it had actually been the Apostle, then he would have been more than 90 years old when he landed in India!! He would have been a doddering old man and would have never been able to travel across south india! And it was Thomas the trader from Canaan who actually got killed by a local chieftain because of business rivalry. Thats why the so called tomb of St.Thomas or more correctly Thomas of Canaan(the body was removed from Chennai & buried in Italy/France) is never ever venerated in the West! This is another attempt by the Vatican Mafia to convert the people of India.