Chendamangalam Synagogue בית הכנסת צ'נמנגלם ചേന്ദമംഗലം ജൂതപള്ളി

Chendamangalam Synagogue בית הכנסת צ'נמנגלם ചേന്ദമംഗലം ജൂതപള്ളി - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

The Chendamangalam Synagogue (Malayalam: ചേന്ദമംഗലം ജൂതപള്ളി) (Hebrew; בית הכנסת צ'נמנגלם) is one of the oldest known synagogues built by the Malabar Jews, in Chendamangalam, a village in the Ernakulam district of the coastal state of Kerala. It is dated to 1100 A.D., though the synagogue structure itself dates to 1420 A.D or 1614 A.D., making it the oldest synagogue in the Commonwealth of Nations. A tombstone recovered from Kodungallur was stored in this synagogue and is presently on display in the front yard. This tombstone with the inscription of Sarah Bat Israel is the oldest Jewish epitaph found in India, dating to 1269 A.D. Read more on Wikipedia

type: religious building
date from: 1420

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