Kochi City

Kochi. If one word has to be used to suffice all that it is, it would probably be “home.” A home to everything, a home to everyone.

There is a certain charm to this city tucked in the southern end of the subcontinent attracting others to it's luscious green sceneries, arrays of coconut trees and sandy beaches. The land definitely looks sussegado but there's more to it.

The sprawling beauty of the city makes itself known vociferously with it's people promoting their ability to sangfroidly blend all their cultures and their unique nature together. The enticing serenity that this space possesses, from it's vestiged old tele-tale folklores to its splendid geographical beauty is really a treat to the eyes of the chief. The city and its people boast of a splendid environment like the sight of an auburned sun in its setting.

The landscape of Kochi is ever-changing. It quickly switches from a bustling city to a serene native town to a beach with huge Chinese fishing nets. The crackling sound of the metro rails drowned by the loud blaring horns of the rickshaws to the honking motorcycles, cars and buses trapped in traffic, shows how this place features itself with a bustling city life. Yet deep into the corners, the long paddy fields offer the solace of a small village with the chirping birds humming its soulful melody.

The intrinsic value of artistic expressions that is showcased by Fort Kochi and the unfathomable beauty of the blue in its own sand clustered beaches, is yet another aspect which makes Kochi one of the most unique states in the country.

The bona-fide heritage of this city in showcasing some of the vestiged royalties in India is also a factor too precious to be missed. This is a land of great legacy. A land that stood witness to a past, to a history being written.

Kochi shot to prominence in the 14th Century as a voluminous trade center of the once famous black gold, spices and precious jewels. Since then, this city has gone under various foreign invasions, starting with the Portuguese, the Dutch, the Mysoreans and the British. Each of them left a part of themselves in this place, be it in the Portuguese architectural beauty, the Dutch explosion of tastes or the church pews filled with English western classical harmonies. Kochi is also the land which welcomed various cultures, religions and races including the Arabs, Chinese, Jews, Romans. This has forged the city into what it is today, unique and diversely filled with all the craziness a place has to offer.

The genuine wind of unity rings through the trees of this nature loving land. The people of Kochi stay so unified that their diversity in different aspects are missed by the outsiders. The sonorous church bells, the loud “inshaallahs" and the serene temple songs in different classical ragas itself is a great testament to this city's diversity. It believes in its brotherhood. It celebrates its people.

From a land which has solidified its place into the hearts of people all over the world to a land that has catered to the needs of all people irrespective of their background and culture, Kochi has shown why it reigns as a sought-after abode in India. You can't pinpoint one thing, rather it is the mix of everything. The places, it's people, food, music, art.... Kochi certainly has everything one needs. Kochi certainly is a “home” to everyone.

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