in South India is one of seven synagogues of the Malabar Yehudan people or Cochin Jewish community in the Kingdom of Cochin. The literal meaning of the term ‘Pardesi’ is “foreigners ...
Both islands were key battlegrounds during the conflict between the Zamorin of Calicut and the Portuguese-backed kingdom of Cochin. According to Valath, the old saying “Padapedichu Panangadu ...