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7 unusual facts about Fort Kochi


Amma Ariyan

As they move from Kozhikode to, Beypore, Kodungalloor, Thrissur, Kottapuram, Vypin, and finally to Fort Kochi, the group swells as they meet many mothers and their sons and relatives who have known Hari; some had known him as a tabla player, some as Tony, the jazz drummer and others as a silent political activist, a victim of police brutality, and a loner.

Fort Kochi

Written documents about the Malabar Coast show that this region had Hindus, Christians, and a Jewish minority.

The town was now the capital of Dutch Malabar and belonged to the worldwide trading network of the Dutch East India Company.

The territory that would be later known as Fort Kochi was granted to the Portuguese in 1503 by the Rajah of Kochi, after the forces of Afonso de Albuquerque helped him fighting the forces of Saamoothiri of Kozhikode.

Vasco da Gama was once buried in this church which now falls under the Church of South India and is one of the national monuments.

Orkkapurathu

Set in an Anglo-Indian background, the entire film was shot in and around Fort Kochi.

Orma Mathram

Ajayan and Safiya along with their five-year old son Deepu (Master Sidharth), were happily living in Fort Kochi.



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