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India |
Kerala |
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Kottayam |
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Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple |
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The main temple building which dates from 1542. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Kottayam |
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Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple |
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Worshippers. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Kottayam |
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Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple |
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Temple musicians. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Kottayam |
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Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple |
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Katakali dancing. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Kottayam |
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Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple |
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Golden flagpole. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Kottayam |
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Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple |
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The temple is famous for its wall paintings of deities. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Kottayam |
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Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple |
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Mural of Shiva. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Kottayam |
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Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple |
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Mural of a demon. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Kottayam |
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Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple |
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Shiva. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Kottayam |
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Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple |
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Figure standing on a snake. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Kottayam |
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Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple |
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Cloisters around the courtyard. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Kottayam |
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Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple |
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One of the temple gates. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Kottayam |
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Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple |
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Temple elephant. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Kottayam |
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Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple |
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The temple is surrounded by palm trees. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Kottayam |
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Ettumanoor Mahadevar Temple |
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Young woman at the temple. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
Periyar National Park |
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Periyar National Park is located in the Western Ghats in the north of Kerala state. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
Periyar National Park |
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The Periyar region covers an area of 925 square km. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
Periyar National Park |
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Misty mountain views on the slopes of the Western Ghats. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
Periyar National Park |
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Forested hills. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
Periyar National Park |
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The Western Ghats separate Kerala from Tamil Nadu. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
Periyar National Park |
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Settlement at 1000m. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
Periyar National Park |
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350 sq km of Periyar is designated as a national park. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
Periyar National Park |
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Tea growing on the slopes of the Western Ghats. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
Periyar National Park |
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A tea plantation. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
Periyar National Park |
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River valley. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
Periyar National Park |
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River passing through Periyar. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
Periyar National Park |
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Flooded area. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
Periyar National Park |
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Labourers. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
Periyar National Park |
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Working Indian elephants with their mahoots. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
Periyar National Park |
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Wild donkeys. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
Periyar National Park |
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Horses. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
Periyar National Park |
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Bonnet Macaque in a bamboo forest. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
Periyar National Park |
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Bonnet macaque. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
Periyar National Park |
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Nilgiri langur. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
Periyar National Park |
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Periyar Lake is the centre of the region. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
Periyar National Park |
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Wild boar. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
Periyar National Park |
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Comerants. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
Periyar National Park |
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Egrets. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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The city of Cochin. The red tiled roofs are typical of this region. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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The city has been a port for 3000 years. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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In its long past, Cochin has traded with Greeks, Romans, Arabs and Chinese. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Canals passing through the city. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Mattancherry Palace |
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Mattancherry Palace dates from 1557. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Mattancherry Palace |
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The palace was built by the Portuguese and presented to the Raja of Cochin. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Typical street scene. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Wholesale shops. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Corner shop. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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A round Hindu shrine. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Paradesi Synagogue |
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The Paradesi Synagogue dates from 1568. It is the oldest in the Commonwealth. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Paradesi Synagogue |
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A Jewish community has lived in India from 6th Century BCE. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Paradesi Synagogue |
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The interior. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Paradesi Synagogue |
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Hebrew inscription from an earlier synagogue. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Paradesi Synagogue |
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Hand painted tiles from Canton (1762). |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Cochin has been home to a Jewish community for 2500 years. They arrived in several waves (Israel 580 BCE), Palestine (1st century), Persia (5th century) and Spain (1492 - 1514). |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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The Jewish community was granted refuge by local rajas but this was disrupted by the Portuguese. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Jewish house in the Jewish Quarter. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Women sorting ginger. Kerala is famed for its spices. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Spice market. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Spice warehouse. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Busy street scene. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Row of houses. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Church of St Francis |
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The Church of St Francis is the oldest European church in India dating from 1503. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Church of St Francis |
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Vasco de Gama, the first European to sail around Africa, was buried here for a while. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Keralite villa. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Street full of mansions and villas. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Dutch style mansion from the period when the Netherlands vied with Portugal for control of the region. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Cochin has many cultural influences having traded with Romans, Greeks, Syrians, Arabs, Chinese, Portuguese, Dutch and British. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Man walking in deserted midday street. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Ferry stop. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Narrow residential street. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Shuttered windows. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Children being taken to school on a rickshaw. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Residential street. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Shading from the midday sun. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Entrance to a primary school. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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School children in their class room. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Muslim woman. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Snack stand. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Shops in the centre of old Cochin. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Street scene. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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A Muslim family outside their house. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Apartments and houses. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Church of Santa Cruz |
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The Church of Santa Cruz was built by the Portuguese. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Church of Santa Cruz |
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The church dates from 1505. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Pastel coloured house. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Small village at the end of the city. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Residential district of Cochin. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Mansion built by spice merchants. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Mansions. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Maharaja's Palace |
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The entrance to the Maharaja's Palace. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Maharaja's Palace |
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The palace is on a hilltop reached by a long flight of stairs. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Maharaja's Palace |
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View from the hilltop. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Maharaja's Palace |
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The palace was built in 1865 and was the home of the ruler of Cochin. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Maharaja's Palace |
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The palace is now a museum. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Maharaja's Palace |
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Tending the gardens. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Chinese cantilever fishing were brought to India by Kublai Khan's traders. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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A Chinese cantilever fishing net. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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The Chinese fishing nets are very common in Kerala and are a feature of Cochin. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Several men are needed to haul up the net. |
1989 |
India |
Kerala |
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Cochin |
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Birds hovering over the catch. |
1989 |