page_title: Jewish Cemetery Chennai
hierarchical_section_title: Jewish Cemetery Chennai
caption_attribution_description: English: The plan of en:Fort St George, Madras
context_page_description: The Jewish Cemetery is located off Lloyd's Road in Chennai, India. The cemetery remains the only memoir of the once significant Jewish population of Chennai, which has now almost become extinct.Burials include the tombstones of 18th century Jewish diamond merchants. The cemetery houses less than 30 graves, of which a few are over 300 years old.The cemetery is located on a poor market area of the road west of the Marina Fish Market, and is adjacent to Chinese and Bahai cemeteries. The cemetery formerly used to have an iron gate on which a plaque was attached on which a Star of David and the words "Jewish Cemetery" were inscribed.After the renovation around 2016, these doors were replaced with sturdier ones. Before the renovation, the cemetery had been reported to be in a state of severe disrepair – with rusted iron gates, partially grown shrubs and cracked walls. People in the surrounding area were oblivious to the existence and historical importance of the cemetery. Even now, it tends to have few visitors.
context_section_description: The Jewish Cemetery is located off Lloyd's Road in Chennai, India. The cemetery remains the only memoir of  the once significant Jewish population of Chennai, which has now almost become extinct.Burials include the tombstones of 18th century Jewish diamond merchants. The cemetery houses less than 30 graves, of which a few are over 300 years old.The cemetery is located on a poor market area of the road west of the Marina Fish Market, and is adjacent to Chinese and Bahai cemeteries. The cemetery formerly used to have an iron gate on which a plaque was attached on which a Star of David and the words "Jewish Cemetery" were inscribed.After the renovation around 2016, these doors were replaced with sturdier ones. Before the renovation, the cemetery had been reported to be in a state of severe disrepair – with rusted iron gates, partially grown shrubs and cracked walls. People in the surrounding area were oblivious to the existence and historical importance of the cemetery. Even now, it tends to have few visitors.
caption: Plan of Fort St George and the city of Madras in 1726,Shows b.Jews Burying Place Jewish Cemetery Chennai, Four Brothers Garden and Bartolomeo Rodrigues Tomb
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