community
Kochi / Cranganore (Jews of Kerala)
Kochi (Mattancherry), India · Wider Abrahamic world
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Kerala Thomas Christians are covered by the Persia batch.
Attested. The copper plates are attested, though their exact date is debated. Claims of arrival in Solomon's time or after 70 CE are traditional.
This photograph shows the modern city, or the Wikipedia lead subject, rather than the ancient site itself.
Copper plates of about 1000 CE (the Bhaskara Ravivarman grant) gave privileges to the Jewish leader Joseph Rabban at Cranganore (Kodungallur). The Paradesi Synagogue in Mattancherry dates from 1568. Kerala's Jews lived alongside the Saint Thomas Christians (India/Thomas is in the Persia batch).
Source stance: insider.
People and groups named here
- Joseph Rabban
Sources
- "Cochin, Diocese of", Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) - confessional sourceConfessional source
New Advent. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Cochin Jews (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0). Accessed 2026-11-11.
Further reading
Councils here
None in this list.