Clad in a silk maxi dress, her head covered with a green scarf, 94-year-old Sarah Cohen was wheeled into the Paradesi synagogue in Jew Town in Kochi’s Mattancherry on December 6.

KOCHI: The Paradesi Synagogue at Mattancherry, one of the most iconic tourist attractions in Kochi, would open for visitors from Sunday, giving hope to some tourism stakeholders. “We are giving ...

Mattancherry: The Diversity Disneyland In Kochi This coastal gem, set against the backdrop of the 20th-century spice and tea trade, has ... Synagogue Lane, in the heart of Jew Town, ...

Although built much later in 1568, the Paradesi Synagogue situated in Mattancherry is the only functioning synagogue. Adorned with glass chandeliers, rare antiques, ...

Yet Mattancherry was once a famed spice and tea trading centre in the late 20th century. ... Soak in the life of the Kochi kings here before heading to the Paradeshi (foreigner) Synagogue nearby.

Work undertaken by archaeology department since Friday to protect Malabari Jews’ Kadavumbhagam synagogue at Mattancherry is facing threats due to objection from residents. In ruins ...

The Kochangadi synagogue in Mattancherry, says Mr. Jussay, was enlarged by a community leader named Baruk Levi in 1539. But the synagogue was abandoned in 1795 a few years after it was destroyed ...

KOCHI: Synagogue Lane in Mattancherry’s Jew Town has undergone a remarkable transformation, drawing significant attention as a sought-after location for pre-wedding photo shoots. Alongside those ...

March 11: The shofar (Jewish trumpet) has fallen silent at the Pardesi Synagogue in Kerala’s Mattancherry, home to the oldest Jewish settlement in India. A few yards away from the shrine built in 1568 ...

Queenie and her late husband Sammy hosted Queen Elizabeth and her husband, Prince Philip, when they came to the Paradesi Synagogue in the Mattancherry neighborhood in October 1997.