Kurisumala Ashram is a monastery in Syro-Malankara Catholic church that was set up in 1958. The name Kurisumala is composed of two words namely ‘Kurisu’ which means cross and ‘Mala’ which means mountain which is symbolic of the monks who spend a monastic life on the mount of the cross in the hill ranges. The monastery houses a community of spiritual seekers who leave their home and are not allowed to go back. Â Monks who stay here spend their time working, studying, and praying.