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Bina Thomas Tharakan (aka Elizabeth Thomas Tharakan), archaeologist, children's author, is the founder member and coordinator of HWT. [7] At the time of HWT's launch, Bina was a Special Officer with the Ministry of Culture and in-charge of coordinating activities for nominating two monuments of Kerala into UNESCO's World Heritage List, a project that ended in 2017.
Tourism in Thiruvananthapuram district in the Indian state of Kerala promotes the area's hill stations, backwaters, beaches, lagoons, and wildlife sanctuaries. The area is a tourism destination and receives chartered flights for medical tourism , as there are more than a hundred recognised Ayurveda centres in and around the city.
Palaces in Thiruvananthapuram (10 P) R. Religious buildings and structures in Thiruvananthapuram (2 C, 1 P) S. Shopping malls in Thiruvananthapuram (3 P) V. Varkala ...
Keraleeyam is an annual festival held in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of Kerala. [1] [2] [3] It celebrates the development and achievements of Kerala and its culture.[2] [4] The festival includes seminars, exhibitions, trade fairs, film festivals, food festivals, flower show, light shows, cultural fests, B2B meetings etc, and is spread across more than 40 venues.
Adventure sports. Varkala near Thiruvananthapuram is known for adventure activities like paragliding etc. Kovalam hosts one of India's oldest surfing enclaves and also one of the first exclusive surf shops in India. [11] Several companies offer hiking, trekking, paintball and other activities. Prominent among them are XtremE SportZ. [12] [13]
The oldest statue in Thiruvananthapuram is the statue of T Madhava Rao, which was erected in 1894. [6] [7] The statue is located in the heart of the city, near the Secretariat. Other notable statues in the city include the statue of Mahatma Gandhi, the statue of Jawaharlal Nehru, and the statue of Sree Narayana Guru. [8]
Thiruvananthapuram (/ ˌ t ɪ r uː v ə ˌ n ʌ n t ə ˈ p ʊər ə m / TIRR-oo-və-NUN-təp-OOR-əm; Malayalam: [t̪iɾuʋɐnɐn̪d̪ɐpuɾɐm] ⓘ), formerly known as Trivandrum and T'puram, [10] is the capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous and largest city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 within the city ...
Aruvippuram is a village in the southern district of Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala, India. It is famous for the Siva temple established by Sri Narayana Guru.The Guru consecrated the Siva idol, the first non Brahmin to do so in Kerala society, in the year 1888.