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Mala Synagogue
The Mala synagogue is owned and managed by the Mala Panchayat now. During 1954–1955,[2] due to the Aliyah of the Malabar Jewish community from Kerala to Israel, the community had handed over both the Mala Synagogue and the associated Jewish Cemetery to the Mala Panchayat for safekeeping.
All the 8 synagogues in Kerala built during the recent centuries — located at Chendamangalam, Paravoor, Mala, Kochi and Ernakulam — have similar traditional architectural features:
*a central bimah of brass or silver metal on a concrete or stone base
*an ark on the western wall
*a balcony above the eastern entry to the sanctuary that is used by the reader on certain holidays.
*a women's gallery behind the balcony, with a stairway leading up to it, usually from outside the building.
All the 8 synagogues in Kerala built during the recent centuries — located at Chendamangalam, Paravoor, Mala, Kochi and Ernakulam — have similar traditional architectural features:
*a central bimah of brass or silver metal on a concrete or stone base
*an ark on the western wall
*a balcony above the eastern entry to the sanctuary that is used by the reader on certain holidays.
*a women's gallery behind the balcony, with a stairway leading up to it, usually from outside the building.