President Pranab Mukherjee today said India is desirous of once again emerging as a major centre for international trade and become a maritime power.<br/><br/>He said this after inaugurating the Muziris Heritage Project, country's largest heritage conservation project, at Trissur in Kerala.<br/><br/>Mr. Mukherjee said that the spirit of tolerance and catholicity city of outlook of the people of Kerala is a model for the rest of the country.<br/><br/>The Muziris Project celebrates this magnificent heritage of India where people of different religions, castes and languages live in harmony.<br/><br/>He hoped that the project will spread the message of cosmopolitanism far and wide adding thereby to India 's soft power across the world. The President said that Muziris will bring economic project to the people of the region.<br/><br/>Muziris project is an ambitious plan comprising development and conservation of palaces, museums, a synagogue and a number of archaeological monuments in the state.