Mattancherry
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| State : | Kerala | ||
| District : | Ernakulam | ||
| Location : | 9 ° 58 ′ N , 76 ° 15 ′ E | ||
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Mattancherry (മട്ടാഞ്ചേരി) is a part of the city of Kochi in India , which also includes Fort Kochi and Ernakulam . Various temples and tourist attractions can be found in Mattancherry; The Mattacherry Palace, built around 1555 by the Portuguese as a gift to the Raja of Kochi and later expanded by the Dutch, once served as a royal palace and is now a museum. There is also a synagogue built around 1568 nearby; Jew Town , the former Jewish quarter, is now home to numerous tourist shops.
There are numerous, partly contradicting theories about the origin of the name Mattancherry ; some claim that it is a modification of the expression lamb meat street (mutton cheri), as lamb butchers used to live here. Others think the name derives from Ancherry Mattam , "House of the Brahmin".
Attractions
- Dutch Palace or Dutch Palace, also Mattancherry Palace, houses a museum
- Paradesi Synagogue , India's oldest surviving synagogue
- Jain temple
Jain Temple in Mattancherry
Mattancherry Palace
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated May 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ https://kerala.me/destinations/monuments/mattancherry_synagogue
- ↑ https://vivanta.tajhotels.com/content/dam/vivanta/hotels/Old-VBT-Malabar_Cochin/documents/Beverage-menu.pdf
- ↑ https://kerala.me/destinations/monuments/mattancherry_palace
- ↑ https://www.nzz.ch/international/asien-und-pazifik/kochis-sterbendes-schtetl-1.18581726
- ↑ David Abram: The Rough Guide to Kerala , 2nd. Edition, Penguin Books , London , United Kingdom , ISBN 978-1-84836-541-4 , p. 181.
