Lane · Mattancherry
Synagogue Lane
Antique shops and galleries lead straight to Paradesi Synagogue.
Synagogue Lane is a narrow lane in Mattancherry’s Jew Town, lined with antique shops and leading to the Paradesi Synagogue. Galleries, cafés and old trading buildings share the lane with the shops.
The Kadavumbhagam Mattancherry Synagogue stands on this lane, in Mattancherry, a locality of Kochi in the Ernakulam district. The Malabar Jews completed it in 1544, and it is among India’s oldest synagogues. In 1955 its whole congregation emigrated to Israel, and the building was left in disuse. It is now being restored to function as a Jewish heritage museum.
In 1818, plaster fell from one of its walls and exposed a Hebrew inscription tablet. The inscription dates the building to Hebrew year 5105. That tablet is now set into the east wall of the Paradesi Synagogue, and it is the oldest known Jewish relic from any synagogue in India.
The Paradesi Synagogue, built in 1568, stands at the lane’s end.
Did you know
In 1818, plaster fell from a wall of the Kadavumbhagam Mattancherry Synagogue on Synagogue Lane, exposing a Hebrew inscription tablet.
The whole congregation of the Kadavumbhagam Mattancherry Synagogue emigrated to Israel in 1955, leaving the synagogue in disuse.
The Kadavumbhagam Mattancherry Synagogue was completed in 1544 and is among India’s oldest synagogues.
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