The ongoing protests in Munambam in Kerala’s Ernakulam district over the Waqf land claim have intensified, with the influential Syro-Malabar Church organising solidarity events across 1,000 churches in the state on Sunday.

Church sources said the events were organised under the leadership of the All Kerala Catholic Congress, the official community organisation of the Church.

As part of the programme, special prayers were held in Churches after the Sunday Mass to express solidarity with the residents protesting the Munambam land dispute.