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Business Facilities at Luxury Taj Malabar Hotel in Cochin

3 banquet halls with a capacity ranging from 60 to 300 persons auditorium style or 65 to 350 persons for cocktails/receptions. The hotel also has a state-of-the-art business centre with 2 small meeting/board-rooms. Boat cruises with cocktails/ lunch/ dinner on board can also be arranged.

About Cochin

Set on a cluster of islands and a peninsula, Cochin (now, Kochi) is a blend of medieval Portugal, Holland and an English country village. Here you can see the oldest church in India, winding streets crammed with 500-year old Portuguese houses, cantilevered Chinese fishing nets, a well-settled Jewish community, a 16th century synagogue and a palace built by the Portuguese and given to the Raja of Cochin.

The Mattancherry Palace was built by the Portuguese in 1557 and presented to the Maharaja of Cochin, Veera Kerala Varma (1537-61), as a gesture of goodwill. The Dutch substantially renovated it after 1663; hence it's other name, the 'Dutch Palace'.

The most important feature of this palace, however are the astonishing murals in the bedchambers and other rooms, which depict scenes from the Ramayana, Mahabharata and Puranic legends connected with Shiva, Vishnu, Krishna, Kumara and Durga.

These murals are undoubtedly some of the most beautiful and extensive to be seen anywhere in India.