The Kadavumbhagam Synagogue is a Jewish place of worship located in the Ernakulam district of Kerala. According to some, the foundation stone was laid in the 13th century in Cranganore (present-day Kodungallur), said to be the place of the first Jewish settlement, and relocated to its present site in early 18th century. The architectural beauty of its front façade with its glass lamps, two-storey high ceiling decorated with wooden carvings of lotuses, and red and gold Holy Ark (a niche at an end of the prayer hall where the holy book of the Jews called Torah is kept behind curtains) was noteworthy in its heydays. But with diminishing numbers of devotees, the synagogue fell into disuse and was eventually closed down for prayers in 1972.
It stood witness to cruel vandalism: some of its lamps and brass pillars were stolen, even the Bimah was not spared. The Torah used in this synagogue was shifted to Israel. However, the building was renovated in 2018. Currently, it is under the care of Mr Elias Josephai, better known in the neighbourhood as Babu.