Photos: February 2006

These photos of the Chennamangalam synagogue were taken on or around the re-opening of the synagogue.


The Chennamangalam synagogue pre-restoration


The restored women's gallery in the Chennamangalam Synagogue


The full ark from the Chennamangalam Synagogue


Detail from the ark


Detail from the ark

Nearby the Chennamangalam Synagogue

Tombstones outside the Chennamangalam Synagogue


Minha service, February 24, 2006


Mr Gopi at the Chennamangalam museum shop


Mini and Kerrthi Kuriens


Mr Minyeh of Parur


Two girls browsing the panels at the Chennamangalam opening, February 2006


Yossi Oren blowing the shofar at the Chennamangalam opening, February 2006


Viewing the exhibition, opening day


Members of the Nirit group, who sang Jewish women's songs in Malayalam at the opening


The Nirit group at the opening


The carpenters


Print shop, Cochin


The collonaded walkway in the Parur Synagogue, about a mile away from the Chennamangalam Synagogue