Paradesi Synagogue
Built in 1568, the oldest active synagogue in the Commonwealth, floored with hand painted Cantonese tiles no two alike.
- Where
- Kochi, Keralam, India
- Grade
- Well known
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 1 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 9.9570, 76.2601
Get the Paradesi Synagogue stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Paradesi Synagogue. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Keralam volume with your photos and a note.
Near Paradesi Synagogue
Mattancherry Palace 0.2 km
Built by the Portuguese for a raja in 1555, holding murals that cover the whole of the Ramayana.
Willingdon Island 1.8 km
The largest artificial island in India, dredged up out of Vembanad lake to give Kochi its harbour.
Fort Kochi 2.2 km
Portuguese, Dutch and British in turn, with Chinese fishing nets on the shore that predate all three.
Chinese Fishing Nets 2.3 km
Cantilevered shore nets said to have come with traders from the court of Kublai Khan, still worked by four men each.
Fort Kochi beach 2.6 km
A beach on the Arabian Sea in the Fort Kochi quarter.
Hill Palace Tripunithura 11 km
Forty nine buildings of the Cochin royal family on fifty two acres, now the largest museum in Kerala.
Perumbalam Bridge 14 km
A bow string arch across Vembanad lake, opened in 2026, which finally gave Perumbalam island a road of its own.
Chottanikkara Temple 15 km
A temple where the goddess is said to cure the possessed, and the evening rite draws them.
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Questions
Where is Paradesi Synagogue?
Paradesi Synagogue is in Kochi, Keralam. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Mattancherry Palace (0.2 km), Willingdon Island (1.8 km), Fort Kochi (2.2 km).
How do I get the Paradesi Synagogue stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Paradesi Synagogue and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Keralam volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Paradesi Synagogue before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Keralam volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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