Day 12: Kochi (Jew Town)
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An afternoon visit to Jew Town
for a visit to Mattancherry Palace
followed by a stroll through the narrow lanes nearby.
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Thursday 27th February 2025 (PM)
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After a most interesting
morning in Kumbalangi, we travelled back towards Kochi after
lunch, starting with another tuk tuk ride. |
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Had we returned directly
to the ship, we would have driven over the bridge onto Willingdon
Island. Instead we drove on to the Mattancherry area of
Kochi for our first stop at Mattancherry Palace from where
we walked into Jew Town. |
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As everywhere in India,
we are always fascinated by the sights along the way. |
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An ivory palanquin (a
hand-carried carriage) |
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Rama and Lakshman in
Battle, Yuddhakanda, Ramayana Room.
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A short walk from the
palace and we found ourselves in the narrow lanes of Jew
Town. |
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At the end of one of
the lanes is the Paradesi
Synagogue (or the Mattancherry Synagogue). It was built
in 1568 A.D. by Samuel Castiel, David Belila, and Joseph
Levi for the flourishing Paradesi Jewish community in Kochi.
Cochin
Jews were composed mainly of the much older Malabari
Jews and the newly arrived Sephardic refugees from the Portuguese
religious persecution of Jews in Spain and Portugal. |
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We would have happily
spent more time wandering through the lanes, but we needed
to be back at the ship at 4:00pm so our time there was limited.
This was the route we took back to the ship. |
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After a fascinating couple
of days here in Kochi, it was time to leave. |
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Sailing away in the
late afternoon gave us the opportunity to see sights that
we had missed when we arrived in the Port
of Kochi very early yesterday morning. |
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We had 212 nautical
miles to sail from Kochi to Mangalore. Looking at the map
gives some idea of the long distances involved when travelling
up the coast of India. |
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