Good South Indian Food
by cochinjew
People who have travelled to India and especially the southern cone of it, know very well that the Indian Restaurants in the west usually represent a very narrow aspect of the cuisine of this much varied cuisined country.
For some reason or other, I prefer the cuisine of South India: Idlis and dosais for breakfast; Lunch Meals with multiple vegetable curries preferably on banana leaf and for dinner: curries to choose from: preferably fish of which there is plenty in cochin the people who have to be the nicest people in all of India.. then again i have not experienced all of india and possibly never would, never mind, they are very nice
homecooking is excellent in kerala... on each of my visits i get at least invited into homes for about 50 per cent of my meals.. that is okay..
Efficiency at Cochin International Airport
by cochinjew
Air Asia from KL arrived on time at 1600. Doors opened at 1605. I was first out of the plane and the first on the Immigration Line. 1610 had already been through immigration and Collected the bags. 1615 paid for the taxi and 1620 I was inside the taxi on my way to Metropolital Hotel in Ernakulam.
I have noticed that since they stopped checking people and their baggage going back about 10 years, the immigration and customs procedures are a breeze. Good on You Cochin
Paradesi Synagogue [continued]
by FruitLover
The Paradesi Synagogue was built in 1568 by descendants of Spanish, Dutch and other European Jews that became the Malabar Yehudan people or Cochin Jewish community in the Kingdom of Cochin..
It has served as a functioning synagogue throughout the centuries, and preserves a unique record of Jewish presence in India.
The Clock Tower was added later in 1760.
In fact, the Mattancherry Palace temple and the Mattancherry synagogue have a common wall
Dutch Cemetery
by SirRichard
This cemetery seems a bit abandoned and most of its tombs are partially covered by the plants, but is interesting to read the inscriptions and imagine the kind of people who are buried here.
It was built in 1724 to bury Europeans who died here on the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Now is managed by the Church of South India.
Paradesi Synagogue
by Willettsworld
The Paradesi Synagogue is the oldest synagogue in the Commonwealth of Nations (former British Empire), located in the area of Kochi known as Jew Town. It was originally built in 1568 by the Malabar Yehudan people or Cochin Jewish community. Paradesi is a word used in several Indian languages, and the literal meaning of the term is "foreigners", applied to the synagogue because it was historically used by "White Jews", a mixture of Jews from Cranganore, the Middle East, and European exiles. It is also referred to as the Cochin Jewish Synagogue or the Mattancherry Synagogue. It is the only one of the seven synagogues in the area still in use. The complex has four buildings and was built adjacent to the Mattancherry Palace temple on land gifted to the Malabari Yehuden community by the Raja of Kochi, Rama Varma. The present building dates to 1664 after the original building was destroyed by shelling during the Portuguese raid in 1662. The Clock Tower was added later in 1760, which is why the date is shown on the clock face.
Open: 10am-12pm & 3-5pm Sun-Thur.
Sign in with Facebook
A Canossa School in the Backwaters area
scent of the green papaya
BlackPepper
a forest house
