Knanaya
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The K'nānāya also known as the Southists or Tekkumbhagar, are an endogamous ethnic group found among the Saint Thomas Christian community of Kerala, India. They are differentiated from another part of
A Knanaya Opium Merchant (Ethappan Parel) and His Family (1899-1900) Kottayam, Kingdom of Travancore
Palm leaf manuscripts of Knanaya folk songs (Puthiamadathil Family Collection 1883/1884)
Knanaya priests chant the "Bar Mariam"
Icon of Mar Knai Thoma the Merchant by artist Rossitsa Antonova
Cochin Jews
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Cochin Jews are one of the oldest groups of Jews in India, with roots that are claimed to date back to the time of King Solomon. The Cochin Jews settled in the Kingdom of Cochin in South India, now pa
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…Dr. P.M. Jussay, Dr. Nathan Katz, Dr. Shalva Weil, and Dr. Ophira Gamliel have noted that the Knanaya maintain striking cultural similarities to the Cochin Jews of India,suggesting historic cultural relations between the two communities. Some colonial era authors also associated the division of Northist and…
A Malabar Jewish family (1900)
Arrival of the Jewish pilgrims at Cochin, 71 CE
Jewish couple depicted in 16th century Portuguese Códice Casanatense
Photo identified as "White Jew town", Cochin, 1913