Thiruvananthapuram District Website

Thiru-v-anantha-puram is a three sylable name meaning the abode of the sacred snake god "Anantha". Lord Vishnu of the ancient Indian mytholgy rests on this huge serpent. This city and district are also popularly known by its anglicised name Trivandrum.

Thiruvananthapuram , the southern most district of Kerala state. The southern most extremity, 'Parasala' is 56 kms away from Kanyakumari, the "land's end of India". The district stretches along the shores of the Arabian sea for a distance of 78 kms.

Kollam district is on the north and Thirunelveli and Kanyakumari districts of Tamilnadu are on the east and south respectively.

Thiruvananthapuram and its famous beaches are one of the top tourist destination of Tourists in Inida. It is the capital city of Kerala, the "God's own Country". Thiruvananthapuram is well connected by air, rail and road. There are air links to almost all the countries in the Gulf, besides being well connected to the rest of India. South East Asia is connected through a daily air-link to Singapore.

Thiruvananthapuram has produced great poets and men of letters from very ancient times. Contributions of Thiruvananthapuram district to painting are immense. The Padhmanabha Swamy temple and the Koikkala temple at Attingal have several murals and paintings which are examples of 16th century Kerala paintings. Raja Ravi Varma, an illustrious painter of this district, has contributed substantially to Indian paintings.Some of his famous paintings are preserved in the Sri Chitra Art Gallery.

Web : http://trivandrum.gov.in/