TIRUVANANTHAPURAM

It is this sacred place, elaborately described in the Skanda and Padma puranas as a highly venerated thirtha along with others like Venkatadri, Mathura etc, of immense of spiritual significance; it is this shrine's Uttupura - free feeding centres that fed thousands of Brahmins throughout the year for centuries; it is this temple that withstood the onslaughts of iconoclasts several times, and emerged in greater splendor soon after the clashes were hushed; it is this temple that has been preserving old traditions in their prestine form, despite a tremendous western impact on the adorers, and it is the biggest, holiest and grandest of the Kerala temples sculpturally, architecturally, historically and reputably too. 

Wrapped up thus in ethereal glory; founded on holy traditions, backed by royal patronage; eulogized in the scriptures, embedded in inscriptions, adored by saint-poets, this celebrated Anantha Padmanabhaswamy shrine is dazzling like a diamond pendent in the necklace adorned by the Goddess of Kerala. Its rich past affords a sumptuous feast to the ears, eyes, minds and souls of the asthika community of our Punya Bharat right from its inception to the present day.

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