The capital of Kerala, Trivandrum (or Thiruvananthapuram), became prominent under Raja Martanda Varma, who made it the capital of his kingdom of Travancore in 1745. A large fort contains several palaces and the Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple dedicated to Vishnu and a noted pilgrimage centre. [Adapted from Encyclopedia Britannica]
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Padmanabhaswamy temple  |
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Temple visitor's dress code  |
The ideally dressed (more)  |
Budding coconuts  |
The Kannikar
people  |
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Napier museum  |
The Muthuvan
people  |
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The
Malapantram people  |
The Mannan
people  |
The Thanka
Pulaya people  |
Tharawad
(old Nair house) ▒  |
Puthen Maliga Palace (more)  |
Of the Travancore maharajas  |
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About 200 years old  |
A building in the courtyard  |
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Kerala style tile architecture  |
Took 5,000 workers 4 years  |
Houses a museum inside  |
Friends in Trivandrum  |
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