Bava was born in the ancient orthodox Vallikkattu Karuchira family in Vakathanam, Kottayam district on 11 January 1870.
The bishop Kadavil Paulose Mar Athanasius (Aluva) was his spiritual teacher with whom he spent years as secretary.
He was consecrated bishop at the historical Niranam Church in 9 February 1913 by the Syriac Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch Ignatius Abdul Masih II[2] assisted by the Catholicos Baseliose Paulose I.
An account of his sea trip to Ceylon as a part of a church delegation is considered a beautiful piece of Malayalam travelogues written at that time.
The dayara was renovated in 1982 by the then Baselios Marthoma Mathews I and has emerged as one of the very important spiritual and pilgrimage centres of the Malankara Church.