Through My Lens

This vacation was in the month of Dec 2012 when we were travelling to our own ‘God’s own country’, Kerala. After my visit to the Padmanabha Swamy Temple in Thiruvanathapuram we moved to the place called Padmanabhapuram which is in the Kanyakumari District of Tamil Nadu.We were to this place to see and explore the Padmanabhapuram Palace. I was surprised why a Kerala palace is in Tamil Nadu?  As soon as I reached the place I enquired regarding the same and what I came to know was that even though the palace is located in Tamil Nadu, the palace and its surroundings is owned and governed by the Kerala State. The place called Padmanabhapuram was the capital city of the erstwhile Travancore kingdom. This place is about 60 km from Thiruvananthapuram and around 20 km from Nagercoil.This palace is located in the backdrop of the Veli Hills which is part of the Western Ghats. We reached in the afternoon and then moved to the ticket counter. After some time we assembled at the gate and on...

              A magnificent wooden palace of the 16th Century, Padmanabhpuram Palace is a fine specimen of Kerala's    indigenous  style of Architecture A Kerala palace in Tamil Nadu, surprised?  Padmanabhapuram Palace is located in  Padmanabhapuram Fort in Kanyakumari  district, Tamil Nadu, but the palace and  its surroundings are owned and governed by the  Kerala State. The place called Padmanabhapuram  was the capital city of the erstwhile Travancore  kingdom. At a distance of about 60 km from  Thiruvananthapuram and around 20 km from  Nagercoil, this palace is located against the  backdrop of the Veli Hills that form a part of the  Western Ghats. The Padmanabhapuram Palace The palace was built by Iravi Varma  Kulasekhara Perumal, the ruler of   Travancore in 1601 AD. It was also  called Kalkulam Palace.           ...