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Reformation · CatholicSanta Cruz Cathedral BasilicaKochi, Kerala, IndiaFrom c. 1505Santa Cruz Cathedral Basilica connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through Portuguese mission, Dutch destruction, British-era rebuilding, painted interior, Latin Catholic community, colonial layers, tourism, and diocesan worshipRead the full history Reformation · Church of South India with Portuguese, Dutch, and Anglican historySt. Francis Church, KochiFort Kochi, Kerala, IndiaPortuguese church established in the early 16th centuryA modest Fort Kochi church that passed from Portuguese Catholic to Dutch Reformed to Anglican and united Protestant use, recording shifting empires on India’s coast.Read the full history Modern & Global · Catholic with ancient Indian Christian contextSan Thome BasilicaChennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaPresent Neo-Gothic church built in the 1890s over older Portuguese and local shrine traditionsChennai’s white-spired basilica over the traditional tomb of Thomas, connecting Catholic pilgrimage with India’s ancient Christian memory.Read the full history Reformation · CatholicSé Cathedral of GoaOld Goa, IndiaConstruction begun 1562; completed in the 17th centuryThe immense cathedral of Portuguese Goa, built as a monument of conquest and archiepiscopal power within an Indian Christian landscape older and wider than empire.Read the full history Reformation · Catholic — Jesuit heritageBasilica of Bom JesusOld Goa, India1594–1605The Jesuit basilica housing the body of Francis Xavier, a center of Asian Catholic pilgrimage and a monument inseparable from mission and colonial expansion.Read the full history Modern & Global · CatholicBasilica of Our Lady of Good HealthVelankanni, Tamil Nadu, IndiaFrom c. 1771Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through Marian apparition and rescue traditions, Tamil devotion, multilingual pilgrimage, healing testimony, festival crowds, tsunami memory, and national Catholic lifeRead the full history Modern & Global · CatholicImmaculate Conception Cathedral of PondicherryPuducherry, IndiaFrom c. 1791Immaculate Conception Cathedral of Pondicherry connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through repeated mission churches, French colonial patronage, Tamil Catholic community, destruction and rebuilding, architecture, education, and active archdiocesan worshipRead the full history Modern & Global · Malankara Orthodox SyrianSaint Peter and Saint Paul Church at ParumalaKerala, IndiaFrom c. 1895Saint Peter and Saint Paul Church at Parumala connects architecture, worship, local community, and world Christian history through the tomb and memory of Geevarghese Mar Gregorios, Malankara Orthodox pilgrimage, Syriac and Malayalam worship, institutional growth, and Kerala Christian identityRead the full history