Mattanchéré Summer Salon: What to See at Muziris Contemporary After the Biennale
The Biennale is over. The galleries are not. Inside the Mattanchéré Summer Salon at Muziris Contemporary, Jew Town.
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The Marathon Mail Runners of Fort Kochi Post Office
The Anchal Post Runners ran with postal bags balanced on their heads and carried a two-foot staff with bells attached. When people heard the bells coming down the road, they made way.
Coz Layover Cafe, Mattancherry: Iced Coffee in a 600-Year-Old Trading Street
Iced coffee in a former godown on a 600-year-old spice street. Coz Layover Cafe, Mattancherry in Fort Kochi
The Paradesi Synagogue: 450 Years of Spice, Prayer, and Hand-Painted Tiles in Mattancherry
Chinese tiles, Ethiopian rugs, a Malayalam clock tower. What if I told you that Kochi's oldest synagogue is a world in one room?
Where Vasco da Gama Was Buried for 14 years: A Visit to St. Francis Church in Fort Kochi
Three colonial powers. One wooden church turned stone. And a tombstone that tells 500 years of Fort Kochi's story.
A Day at the Paradesi Synagogue
Aleppey's latest expedition — into the heart of Fort Kochi’s purrfound cultural relic: the Paradesi Synagogue.
Mattanchery Palace: A Royal Walks Among Royals
At first glance, it looked simple. White walls, a sloping roof, nothing too showy. But don’t be fooled. This place holds centuries of secrets. And it smells like it, too—wood, dust, ink, and memories.
