Thiruvananthapuram Travel Guide
Edit This The best resource for sights, hotels, restaurants, bars, what to do and seeKanakakunnu palace perched on top of a small hill in the centre of the city of Thiruvananthapuram surrounded by well kept garden. A nice outing for the family and visitors affording a view of the royal heritage and the city.
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Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Kerala, like Rome, stands on seven hills, sloping towards the Arabian Sea. Kerala a land believed to have been raised from the sea and gifted to the Brahmins by Lord Parasurama. It is the most beautiful part of tropical India with evergreen forests. It is the land where six religions - Hinduism, Christianity, Buddhism, Jainism, Judaism and Islam – have peacefully co-existed through the centuries; the land where the Chinese and the Arabs, the Portuguese and the Dutch, the French and the English left their mark. Kerala has also witnessed European and Arab merchants lured by timber, ivory, pepper, ginger, cinnamon and other spices. It is the land of Kathakali.
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