Thiruvananthapuram

Thiruvananthapuram (City of the Sacred Serpent) or Trivandrum is Kerala's gracious capital city and retains some of the old feel with its red tiled roofs and pagoda shaped buildings. Dominating the city is the Padmanabhaswamy temple with its tall gopurams or gateways: built in the Dravidian style, the temple has within its sanctum an immense image of the Lord Vishnu reclining on the coils of the sacred serpent Ananta from whom the city derives its name. Among the other attractions is the Puthe Maliga Palace Museum, housed in a 200 year old palace notable for its Keralan architecture.

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