Padmanabhapuram Palace - History Carved In wood
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. ...