Did you know
In a report from 1793, the Rajah of Cochin described the standard punishment for minor thieves: after six months to a year in prison, a portion of their flesh or their nose was surgically removed before release, leaving a permanent physical mark of the crime.
Mattancherry
Where spice trading, religious migration and old warehouses still meet.
170 m from the synagogue
More about Mattancherry
5 of 12- Did you knowThe Dutch took over Mattancherry in 1663.
- Did you knowThe 2011 census counted 10,144 people in Mattancherry.
- Did you knowThe only international pepper stock exchange in the world still functions in Jew Town, Mattancherry.
- Did you knowThe Mattancherry Water Metro station is on Jew Town Road and is connected with High Court Terminal by water.
- Did you knowMattancherry is a historic ward of Kochi, about 9 km south-west of the city centre and just south of Fort Kochi.