This neighborhood of Kochi is not the one to miss. It was a thriving space for the Jewish community in Cochin, and still carries that old world charm, and is home to the famous synagogue, 'Paradesi'.
Known as the oldest active synagogue in the Commonwealth of Nations, the Pardesi synagogue located in Kochi, Kerala, in South India is one of seven synagogues of the Malabar Yehudan people or ...
Beautiful churches, 500 plus years old fishing nets, impressive museums, fascinating synagogues and more! It is difficult to choose just a few from the many places to visit in Kochi. With history ...
Mattancherry is a melting pot of cultures and in the centre of it all is the Paradesi Synagogue in Jew Town. Officially called the Cochin Jewish Synagogue, the Paradesi Synagogue (or Mattancherry ...
Hallegua and her late husband were the caretakers of Kochi’s 450-year-old synagogue. Four years ago, when a Jewish Telegraphic Agency correspondent visited Kochi, India, researcher Shalva Weil ...
In 1341, flooding of the Periyar River led the Malabari Jews south to present-day Kochi, where they built the Kochangadi Synagogue, the area’s first Jewish house of worship. By the 16th century ...
KOCHI: Jew Town in Mattancherry is a well-known tourist hub where visitors explore the remnants of a once-prosperous Jewish community of Kochi. While the Paradesi Synagogue here is world-famous ...