Calicut Gate

About Calicut Gate

The fabled ports of the Malabar coast played host to multitudes of Romans, Phoenicians, Jews, Chinese and Arabs. Embraced by the mystique of Malabar, travellers left its coast with a yearning to come back. The splendours of the land and the hospitality of its people held sway to all visitors alike. When Vasco da Gama succeeded in finding a new sea route to India and landed at Calicut, it was a turning point in history, leading to the influx of the Portuguese, Dutch, French and English mariners.