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  2. Padmanabhaswamy Temple - Wikipedia

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    Neythasseri Potti built a Temple at Budhapuram in the present day Kanyakumari District and had this idol installed there. The Vrishnis gifted the idol of Krishna to Maharaja Udaya Marthanda Varma of Venad. The Maharaja constructed a separate shrine, known as Thiruvambadi, in the premises of Padmanabhaswamy Temple for this idol.

  3. Kuthiramalika - Wikipedia

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    Kuthiramalika, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. Kuthiramalika (lit. ' Mansion of horses ') is a Travancore Kingdom palace built by Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma on the south-eastern side of Padmanabhaswamy temple, Thiruvananthapuram. [1]

  4. Ananthapura Lake Temple - Wikipedia

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    The lake in which the sanctum sanctorum is built measures about 2 acres. An interesting spot to keep in mind while visiting the temple is a cave to the right (North) corner of the lake. According to the local legend, the deity Anantha Padmanabha chose to go all the way to Thiruvananthapuram, through that cave.

  5. Padmanabhaswamy Temple treasure - Wikipedia

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    The Padmanabhaswamy temple treasure is a collection of valuable objects including gold thrones, crowns, coins, statues and ornaments, diamonds and other precious stones. It was discovered in some of the subterranean vaults of the Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, in the Indian state of Kerala, when five of its six (or possibly eight) vaults were opened on 27 June 2011.

  6. List of largest Hindu temples - Wikipedia

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    The Shree Padmanabhaswamy Temple is a Hindu temple located in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of the state of Kerala, India. It is widely considered as the world's richest Hindu temple. [ 61 ] The name of the city of 'Thiruvananthapuram' in Malayalam and Tamil translates to "The City of Ananta" (Ananta being a form of Vishnu ). [ 62 ]

  7. Marthanda Varma - Wikipedia

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    He reorganized the collection of dues from the temple lands. After the land survey of 1739–40, the allotment of expenses for the temple was fixed. [10] Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram was re-created as the gigantic structure of today and new state ceremonies such as Murajapam, Bhadra Deepam, and others were introduced by ...

  8. Ananthagiri Temple - Wikipedia

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    A white stambha standing tall at the temple. Sri Anantha Padmanabha Swamy or Ananthagiri Temple is a Hindu temple located in Ananthagiri, Vikarabad district in Telangana, India. It is temple of Lord Vishnu. The temple is about 75 km from Gachibowli, Hyderabad. [1]

  9. Venad kingdom - Wikipedia

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    [2] [40] [3] [19] Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Trivandrum was the major temple in the region. [41] In the 17th century, the rulers of Venad paid an annual tribute to the Nayaks of Madurai. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] By this time, the old state of Venad was divided into several autonomous collateral branches such as Trippappoor, Elayadathu, ( Kottarakara ...