Kadavumbhagam Mattancherry Synagogue בית הכנסת കടവു൦ഭാഗ൦ മട്ടാഞ്ചേരി ജൂതപള്ളി

Kadavumbhagam Mattancherry Synagogue בית הכנסת കടവു൦ഭാഗ൦ മട്ടാഞ്ചേരി ജൂതപള്ളി - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Kadavumbhagam Mattancherry Synagogue aka Kadavumbhagam Synagogue ( Mal: കടവു൦ഭാഗ൦ മട്ടാഞ്ചേരി ജൂതപള്ളി or കടവു൦ഭാഗ൦ ജൂതപള്ളി ) is a Jewish synagogue located in Mattancherry, a locality in Kochi, in the coastal state of Kerala. It is one of the oldest extant synagogues in India, built in 1544 A.D. It was built by the Malabar Jews who are the oldest jewish settlers in India, believed to have arrived as traders in the ancient port city of Muziris. It was the second to be built in Mattancherry, after the Kochangadi Palli in 1344 A. D., and is one of three synagogues in the area. The others being the Thekkumbhagam Mattancherry Synagogue (1647 A.D) (extinct) and the Paradesi Synagogue (1568 A.D) of the Paradesi jews of Cochin. Read more on Wikipedia

type: religious building
date from: 1544

Source: en.wikipedia.org