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St. Francis Church: The church is 10 km from Ernakulam near Fort Kochi.
Vasco da Gama was buried here in 1524 AD. St. Francis Church was the
first church to have been built in the new European influenced style and tradition. The original wooden building of 1510 AD was replaced by the present building around 1546 AD. It was under the Dutch that the church was renovated and became protestant in 1663 AD.


Wayanad : Luxuriant plantations of coffee, tea, cardamom, pepper and rubber are all over the hills of Wayanad. Situated at a height of 700-2100m above sea level, it is bound on the east by the Nilgiris and the Mysore districts of Tamilnadu and Karnataka respectively. Wayanad shares the borders with Coorg district of Karnataka on the north, on the south with Malappuram district and on the west with Calicut and Cannanore districts. Wayanad was earlier a part of Kannur district and the Manathavady and Kabini, fast flowing rivers are asets the beauty of the region.The attraction near the Wayanad are the Meenmutty Waterfalls 12 kms east of Meppadi, it is a waterfall cascading in three tiers, own a spectacular height of 500m. Soochipara Waterfalls is located 2-km into the dense equatorial forest of Wayanad. Thirunelli Temple is 30 kms north west of Mananthavadi in the Wayanad district, Thirunelli Temple is known as the "Kashi of South".