History appears to be overlooked at St Francis Church in Fort Kochi, with no events marking 500 years since Vasco da Gama's death. Post-colonial perspectives often view da Gama negatively ...

The chapel was built in around 1498 by Vasco da Gama and his team. It was a place of prayer and also burying their dead. It measures five-by-five metres square and has white walls made of coral ...

KOCHI: At St Francis Church in Fort Kochi, history seems to have been dead, buried and forgotten. There is just a nondescript blue board at the church that reads, "Remembering Vasco da Gama ...