| | | | Part One |
| 1 | Mariamma (1) | | The priest's daughter. AKA: Big Ammachi, Molay. Young Bride. |
| | Appa | | Molay's father. Deceased. |
| 2 | Thankamma | | Thamb'ran's sister. |
| | Vasco | Da Gama | A Portuguese Explorer. |
| | Big Appachen | | Big Ammachi's husband. AKA: Thamb'ran. |
| 3 | Jojo | | Thamb'ran's son. |
| 4 | Sara | | Thankamma's maid. |
| | Shamuel | | Parambil's foreman. |
| | Damodaran | | The elephant. |
| | Unni | | Damodaran's caretaker |
| | Yohannan | | Shamuel's father. |
| | Govind | Nair | Ruler of Travancore. |
| | Kuttapan | Nair | Thamb'ran's old friend. |
| 5 | Ammachi | | Molay's mother. |
| | Georgie | Kochamma | Thankamma's nephew. |
| | Dolly | Kochamma | Georgie's wife. |
| | Decency | Kochamma | Ranjan's wife. |
| 8 | Baby | Mol | Big Ammachi and Thamb'ran's daughter. |
| | Ranjan | | Georgie's twin brother. |
| 9 | Pathrose | | One of Thamb'ran's ancestors. |
| | Zachariah | | Thamb'ran's father. |
| | Shanthama | | Thamb'ran's aunt. |
| | | | Part Two |
| 10 | Digby | Kilgour | A surgeon. One of the protagonists. |
| | Johnny | | The ticket seller. |
| | Archie | Kilgour | Digby's father. |
| | Sarry | Heid | The publican. |
| | Isaac | Singer | An American inventor and actor. |
| | Nana | | Digby's grandmother. |
| 11 | Alan | Elder | Digby's mentor. |
| | Banerjee | | The barrister. Digby's friend. |
| | Ann | Simonds | Wife of a district collector. |
| 12 | Muhutsamy | | Digby's cook and housekeeper. |
| | Claude | Arnold | Civil surgeon. Digby's boss. |
| | Peter | | Digby's associates. |
| | Krishnan | | Digby's associates. |
| 13 | Honorine | Charlton | The matron. |
| | Senthil | | One of the patients. |
| 14 | Dr. | Ravinchandran | The first Indian professor in surgery. |
| | Aavudainayaki | | The woman with a goiter. |
| 15 | Franz | Mylin | Lena's husband. |
| | Lena | Mylin | One of Digby's patients. |
| 16 | Celeste | Arnold | Claude's wife. |
| 17 | Owen | Tuttleberry | Honorine's Anglo-Indian friend. |
| | Jennifer | Tuttleberry | Owen's wife. |
| | Bessie | | Owen's dame. |
| | Esmeralda | | Owen's old car. |
| | Jeb | Pellingham | Jennifer's brother. |
| 18 | Janaki | | Celeste's long-time maid. |
| 19 | Mary | | Jen's ex-girlfriend. |
| | Denzil | | The prince. |
| | Rose | | Jeb's new girl. |
| 20 | Everett | Arnold | Governor of Bombay Presidency. Claude's brother. |
| | Toby | Arnold | Claude's brother. |
| | | | Part Three |
| | Odat | Kochama | Thamb'ran's cousin. |
| | Rune | Orqvist | A Cochin physician. |
| | Eleanor | Shaw | One of Orqvist's former patients. |
| | Benedict | Shaw | Eleanor's husband. Advisor to the Cochin maharajah. |
| 24 | Salomon | Halevi | Jewish merchant and banker. |
| | BeeYay | Achen | The priest who founded Bethel Ashram. |
| | Sister | Birgitta | Rune's guardian. |
| | Sankar | | The leper that Rune met. |
| | Bhava | | One of the lepers. |
| | Mehr | | Rune's former professor. |
| | Chandy | | A contractor for the British Army. Rune's patient. |
| | Armaeur | Hansen | The man who discovered the bacteria of lepers. |
| 25 | Philip | | Big Ammachi's father. |
| | Philipose | | Big Ammachi's and Thamb'ran's son. AKA: The ordinary man. |
| | George | Cherian-Kurian | Jaipur Baby. |
| | Joseph | Chirayapamb-George | George's uncle. |
| | Caesar | | Big Ammachi's new dog. |
| 26 | Mar | Gregorios | The only saint of the
Saint Thomas Christians. |
| | Joppan | | Shamuel and Sara's son. |
| | Kaniyan | | A teacher. |
| 28 | Sultan | Pattar | A renowned maker of the sweet jalebi. |
| | Koshy | Sarr | Philipose's mentor. |
| 29 | Saaji | Saar | A football coach and mathematics professor. |
| | | | Part Four |
| 30 | Cromwell | | The Mylins's driver. |
| 31 | Leelamma | | Chandy's wife. |
| | Elsie | | Chandy's daughter. Philipose's bride. AKA: Young Miss. |
| | Cowasjee | | The British cart driver who was captured by Tipi Sultan's army. |
| 33 | Basu | | Digby's translator. |
| 37 | Gerhard | Muller | The head of Muller's madness. |
| | Bernard | Muller | Gerhard's son. |
| | | | Part Five |
| | Uplift | Master | Big Ammachi's new neighbor. |
| | Shoshamma | | Upliift Master's wife. |
| | Sree | Chithihara-Thirunal | The Maharajah. |
| 39 | Mohan | Nair | Uplift Master's friend. |
| | Blossom | | The woman that Uplift Master likes. |
| | J.J Gilbert | | Uplift Master's boss. |
| 40 | Richard | Baptist D Lima III | Philipose's boss. |
| | A.J | Gropal | Philipose's teacher. |
| | Professor | Brattlestone | The school principal. |
| 41 | Dr. | Seshaya | ENT doctor. Philipose's professor. |
| | J.B | Thorpe | Gita and Veda for cost-accounting. |
| | Jana | | A bookseller. |
| 42 | Arjun | Railways | Philipose's train seatmate. |
| | Mrs. | Yellow Sari | One of Philipose's co-passengers. |
| | Meena | | One of Philipose's co-passengers. |
| 44 | Manager | Kora | An estate writer. |
| | Lizziamma | | Kora's wife. AKA: Lizzi. |
| | Ammini | | Joppan's bride. |
| 45 | Broker | Aniyan | The marriage broker. |
| 48 | Baby Ninan | | Philipose and Elsie's son. |
| | | | Part Six |
| 49 | Skaria | | The compounder. |
| 54 | Anna | Chedethi | Big Ammachi's new maid. |
| | Hannah | | Anna's son. |
| | Mariamma (2) | | Philipose and Elsie's daughter. |
| | | | Part Seven |
| 57 | Lenin | Evermore | Kora and Lizzi's son. |
| | Shyla | | Kora and Lizzi's daughter. |
| 59 | Podi | | Mariamma's best friend. |
| 60 | Rory | McGillicutty | The right reverend of Corpus Christi. |
| | Mar Paulos | | The Bishop. |
| | Ida | Scudder | White Missionary Physician. |
| 62 | Gregor | Mendel | An Austrian Biologist. |
| | | | Part Eight |
| 63 | P.K | Khrishnamurthy | Mariamma's professor. AKA: Gargoylemurthy. |
| | Chinnah | | Mariamma's class president. |
| | Dr. Jamsetji | Rustomji-Cowper | The first and only Indian HOA. |
| 64 | Anita | | Mariamma's classmate. |
| | Kochu | | The church grounds keeper. Lenin's friend |
| | Druva | | Mariamma's classmate. |
| | Brijmohan | Sarkar | The external examiner. AKA: Brijee. |
| | Pius | Mathew | The internal examiner. |
| 65 | Raghu | | The banker. |
| | C.T | | A businessman who took Kochu's land. |
| | Arikkad | | An Activist. |
| | Sivaraman | | Arrikad's old friend. |
| 67 | Gopal | | Mariamma's driver. |
| | Akila | | A senior staff nurse. |
| | Joseph | Merrick | The famous elephant man. |
| 69 | Uma | Ramamsamy | A doctor at Department of Pathology. Mariamma's professor. |
| 70 | Bristow | | A marine engineer. |
| 72 | Dr.Das | | A neurology doctor. |
| | | | Part Nine |
| 73 | Raghavan | | The watchman. |
| | Yakov | | Joppan's assistant. |
| | Ousep | | Joppan's assistant. |
| | Cherian | | Mariamma's neighbor. |
| 75 | Dr. T.T | Kesavan | Mariamma's new colleague. |
| | | | Part Ten |
| 80 | Suja | | A nurse. |
| | Karuppamma | | Digby's patient. |
