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- THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Thiruvananthapuram -- which splits into ‘Tiru’, ‘Anantha’ and ‘Puram’ -- means ‘The City of Lord Anantha’. It is named after ‘Ananthan’, the deity at the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple.
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The city takes its name from Malayalam/Tamil word thiru-anantha-puram (തിരുവനന്തപുരം [t̪iɾuʋɐnɐn̪d̪ɐpuɾɐm] ⓘ), meaning "The City of Lord Ananta", [26] referring to the deity of the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple located in the city.
1 day ago · The name Thiruvananthapuram translates to “The City of Lord Anantha.” Thiruvananthapuram gets its name from the Lord Anantha, the Hindu deity who is said to rest on the serpent king Anantha in the temple of Padmanabhaswamy. It is the capital city of the state of Kerala.
The name Thiruvananthapuram, shared by the district and its headquarters city, comes from the Malayalam/Tamil word "Thiru" and Sanskrit word "anantha-pura", meaning "Abode of Lord Anantha". [14] The name derives from the deity of the Hindu temple at the center of Thiruvananthapuram city.
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Thiruvananthapuram literally means "City of Lord Anantha" in Malayalam. The name derives from the god of the Hindu temple at the centre of the city. Anantha is the serpent Shesha on whom Padmanabhan or Vishnu lies. The temple of Vishnu lying on Ananta, the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple is the most recognizable landmark of the city. The city was offici...
The city is fully electrified by the Kerala State Electricity Board (KSEB). The district is divided in to three circles: Transmission circle, Thiruvananthapuram city and Kattakkada. Domestic users account for 43% of the total power usage, or 90 million units per month. Thiruvananthapuram district has one 220 kV, nine 110 kV and six 66 kV electrical...
Apart from being the capital of India’s most literate and socially developed state, Thiruvananthapuram is a strategically important city in Southern India. Being the largest city in India’s deep south, it is important for both military logistics and civil aviation in the southern part of the country. It is the headquarters of the Southern Air Comma...
Government of Kerala Website on Thiruvananthapuram District Archived 2005-11-09 at the Wayback MachineThiruvananthapuram, earlier known as Trivandrum, is the capital city of Kerala. The name literally splits into “Tiru”,”Anantha””puram” meaning “the town of Lord Anantha”.
The city takes its name from Malayalam/Tamil word thiru-anantha-puram (തിരുവനന്തപുരം [t̪iɾuʋɐnɐn̪d̪ɐpuɾɐm] ⓘ), meaning "The City of Lord Ananta", [26] referring to the deity of the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple located in the city.
