Fort Kochi beach is a beach along the

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situated in

Fort Kochi Fort Kochi, Fort Cochin in English, Cochim de Baixo ("Lower Kochi") in Cochin Portuguese creole, is a neighbourhood of Cochin (Kochi) city in Kerala, India. Fort Kochi takes its name from the Fort Manuel of Cochin, the first European for ...

in the city of

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state.

Points of interests

Unique views and point of interests are the so-called

Chinese fishing nets Chinese fishing nets (''Cheena vala'' in India or ''tangkul'' in Indonesia) are a type of stationary lift net in India and Indonesia. They are fishing nets that are fixed land installations for fishing. While commonly known as "Chinese fish ...

(''Cheena vala'',

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: ചീനവല) and the fishermen working there: commonly known as "Chinese fishing nets" they are ''shore operated

lift net Lift nets, also called lever nets, are a method of fishing using nets that are submerged to a certain depth and then lifted out of the water vertically. The nets can be flat or shaped like a bag, a rectangle, a pyramid, or a cone. Lift nets can be ...

s'', each measuring about in height, sustaining a cantilever with an outstretched net of or more, suspended over the sea and large stones suspended from ropes as counterweights at the other end. Each installation is operated by a team of up to six fishermen. Other points of interests include the jetty towards the

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respectively to the

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. Colonial-style bungalows can be seen along the shoreline, as well as the Vasco da Gama square, the remains of

Fort Emmanuel Fort Emmanuel, also known as Fort Manuel, is a ruined fort located at Fort Kochi Beach in Kochi (Cochin), Kerala, India. It is a bastion of the Portuguese and a symbol of the strategic alliance between the Maharaja of Kochi and the Kingdom ...

along the granite walkway and many stalls, which make traditional cuisines using freshly caught fish. A section of the beach is not accessible to visitors as it is under the control of the Indian Navy.

Nature

As reported by the ''

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'', the Kochi Corporation started as ''a temporary measure, a massive cleaning campaign covering heritage structures'' supported by around 500 volunteers on occasion of the

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in June 2015, as littering became a serious problem.

References

External links

Fort Kochi beach on cochin.org
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