The Southern Indian state is home to amazingly experimental design–a reaction to the staid architecture of the colonial era.
Christian churches are usually instantly recognizable, thanks to their repetitive design: There’s usually a tower topped by a cross, with stained-glass windows and sometimes even Gothic statues. But in the southernmost Indian state of Kerala, churches look wildly different, with brightly colored modernist facades in the shape of globes, arms, and ships, as well as crosses.