Historic church where native Christians had once received the Bishop of Persia and declared their affinities to the Orthodox Eastern Church. Here, Malayali Christians in the 17th century revolted against Portuguese Jesuit missionaries' attempts to convert them to the Latin church
Historic church where native Christians had once received the Bishop of Persia and declared their affinities to the Orthodox Eastern Church. Here, Malayali Christians in the 17th century revolted against Portuguese Jesuit missionaries' attempts to convert them to the Latin church. This was the first recorded revolt against Europeans in India, forcing the Pope to recognise native Christians and establish a new church, the Syro-Malabar Church.
Within 1 km of Holy Cross (Coonan Kurisu) Church.
Tiny mangrove bird sanctuary behind the High Court in central Kochi.
Fort Kochi's Catholic basilica; first a Portuguese cathedral (1558), the present building was consecrated in 1905.
Giant shore-operated cantilever nets at the harbour mouth in Fort Kochi, the city's best-known sight.
Built by the Indian Navy, the museum has many life-size exhibits, a huge display of naval arms and ammunition, replicas of large naval ships and personalities. One section inside a military bunker unravels India's shipbuilding prowess, which took its culture to the shores of Java
Considered the first European church in India; Vasco da Gama was first buried here in 1524.
Fort Kochi museum of Indo-Portuguese church art: altar pieces, processional crosses and vestments.
16th-century palace in Mattancherry, later called the Dutch Palace, with Kerala murals and a portrait gallery of the Cochin rajas.
Museum in Kochi.
Temple in Perumbavoor, Kerala, India
Hindu temple in Kerala, India
building in India
Bhagavathi temple in Ernakulam District, Kerala, India
building in India
shiva Temple, Kochi, Kerala, India
Hindu temple, Kalady, India
Hindu temple in India