Ikkako Cathanar of Champakulam was a Saintly Martyr of the Pazhayacoor Saint Thomas Christians of Malabar, who lived in the 18th century. He was subjected to inquisition and torture and was unlawfully killed in the custody of the European Missionaries at Verapuzha, which was the headquarters of the Carmelites of the Malabar Mission from the 17th century. Ikkako Cathanar’s death resulted in significant upheaval in the resistance of the Saint Thomas Christians against Latinisations and colonial suppression by the European Missionaries. Ikkako Cathanar’s firm stands for safeguarding the religio-cultural tradition of the local Church cost him his life.