KOZHIKODE

  Kerala, India's southernmost state, has a seaside city named Kozhikode. CLICK TO KNOW MORE ABOUT KOZHIKODE It is located near Kappad Beach, where Portuguese navigator Vasco da Gama arrived in 1498. The port of Kozhikode served as a gateway to the mediaeval South Indian coast for the Chinese, Arabs, Portuguese, Dutch, and eventually the British.