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18 places · 8 in Fort Kochi, 10 in Mattancherry

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A large flock of pigeons on a paved courtyard in front of a tall painted pillar with panels of religious symbols.

Dharmanath Jain Temple

Thousands of pigeons descend for grain around 12:15 daily.

Place of worship · Gujarati Road, Mattancherry

Red and green pillar postboxes outside an arched building with India Post signage

Head Post Office, Kochi

Post a card from a 1928 bungalow that’s handled mail since Portuguese times.

Post office · Parade Ground, Ridsdale Road, Fort Kochi

150 m from Princess Street

Ceiling paintings inside Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica, Fort Kochi, Kochi. Photograph taken on 1 March 2018.

Sucramy, 1 March 2018, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica, Fort Cochin

A granite pillar from 1505 stands at its southeastern corner.

Church · Bastian Street, Fort Kochi

Free · 190 m from Princess Street

St. Francis Church, Fort Kochi, the oldest European church in India.

Ranjith Siji, 19 September 2016, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

St. Francis CSI Church

Vasco da Gama was buried here for fourteen years; the empty slab remains.

Church · Saint Francis Church Road, Fort Kochi

Free · 170 m from Princess Street

A temple building with a red tiled roof and a decorative arched sign above the entrance stands behind a metal fence supported by orange pillars. The building has pink and white walls with a patterned facade. Palm trees and other leafy trees rise behind the structure against a sky crisscrossed by overhead wires. A paved area with a black and white checkered pattern lies in front of the fence, and a road runs along the bottom edge of the scene.

Althara Bhagavathy Temple

A Bhagavathy temple on Amaravathi Road, Fort Kochi.

Place of worship · Amaravathi Road, Fort Kochi

Bastion Bungalow side view, Fort Kochi. Photograph taken on 16 September 2018.

KannanVM, 16 September 2018, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bastion Bungalow

Left standing when the British destroyed the fort walls in 1806.

Historic building · Napier Street, Fort Kochi

140 m from the nets

Chinese fishing nets in Kochi.

Ashwin Kumar, 2015, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chinese fishing nets / Vasco da Gama Square

Huge cantilevered nets, lowered and hauled by hand, worked by small teams.

Historic building

110 m from the Water Metro jetty

East gate of Cochin Thirumala Devaswom temple

Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Cochin Thirumala Devaswom Temple

The Gowda Saraswat community’s great temple, at Gosripuram.

Place of worship · TD North Sannidhi Road, Mattancherry

From an exhibition at the Jail of Freedom Struggle, Fort Kochi.

Jail of Freedom Struggle, Fort Kochi

Eight cramped cells where freedom fighters were once imprisoned.

Historic building

140 m from the Water Metro jetty

St George Orthodox Koonan Kurish Old Syrian Church at Mattancherry, Kochi. Photograph taken on 3 April 2017.

Koonankurish2, 3 April 2017, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Holy Cross Church (Coonan Kurisu Palli), Mattancherry

An old stone cross hung with rosaries and pilgrims’ candles.

Church · Bazaar Road, Mattancherry

A green scooter is parked on a paved area in front of a stone wall, facing a covered entrance with a tiled roof supported by pillars. A large tree with thick roots and green leaves stands to the left, its branches extending over the scene. The paved path leads through the entrance, flanked by low walls, with more trees and buildings visible in the background under a bright sky.

Keraleswaram Siva Temple

A Shiva temple on Keraleswar Lane, Mattancherry.

Place of worship · Keraleswar Lane, Mattancherry

A long, single-story building with a brown tiled roof and light blue walls trimmed in red stands on a grassy field under a cloudy sky. A white sign with text is mounted above the central entrance, which is flanked by decorative pillars. To the right, a white tower with a domed top rises behind the building, while another structure with a similar roof is visible to the left. Trees and power lines appear in the background.

Mahadev Temple

A Shiva temple in the middle of Jew Town Road.

Place of worship · Jew Town Road, Mattancherry

40 m from the synagogue

A paved walkway passes beneath an ornate gateway flanked by large, colorful statues of deities. The central figure atop the arch is blue-skinned, while figures on either side stand on pillars, one red-skinned and one blue-skinned, each with multiple arms and elaborate headdresses. A dark horizontal beam spans the top of the archway, bearing text in a non-Latin script. The path continues between cream-colored walls topped with dark tiles, lined with green trees and palm fronds under a bright sky. Overhead wires cross above the entrance.

Mullakkal Vana Durga Temple

A temple to Vana Durga in the Mattancherry lanes.

Place of worship · Kochi

This is a photo of ASI monument number

Ranjithsiji, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Palliyarakkavu Temple

A neighbourhood temple open at dawn and at dusk.

Place of worship · Kochi

Clock tower beside the Paradesi Synagogue in Mattancherry, Kochi. The clock tower was commissioned by Ezekiel Rahabi in 1760 and remained functional until 1930; its four faces used Latin, Hebrew, and Malayalam numerals.

Vinayak v nair, 27 September 2018, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Paradesi Synagogue

Hundreds of hand-painted blue-and-white Chinese tiles, no two alike.

Synagogue

220 m from Jew Town

Pazhayannur Mahavishnu Temple

Vis M, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Pazhayanur Bhagavathy Temple

A Bhagavathy shrine on Jew Town Road.

Place of worship · Jew Town Road, Mattancherry

140 m from the synagogue

A single-story house with a blue and white facade stands behind a paved courtyard. A set of brick steps leads up to a white metal gate with decorative scrollwork, flanked by white pillars and a low wall painted white with blue trim. To the left of the steps, an orange post box is mounted on a red post against the wall. A dark-colored vehicle is parked on the right side of the frame. A tall palm tree rises behind the house on the left, and overhead wires cross the pale sky. White chalk drawings are visible on the paving stones in the foreground.

Sree Veera Venkateshwara Temple

A Venkateshwara temple open from morning to midnight.

Place of worship · Kochi

A paved road curves gently to the left, bordered by a white wall topped with a metal fence and dense green trees. A large white sign mounted above a pair of closed metal gates identifies a school, with smaller text beneath it. A scooter is parked on the sidewalk near the gate, and a vehicle drives away in the distance under an overcast sky. Palm trees rise above the foliage on the left side of the road.

St. Paul’s Public School

A school building, part of Fort Kochi’s everyday civic landscape.

Historic building · Tower Road, Fort Kochi

320 m from the Water Metro jetty