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Thiruvananthapuram - Origin of name | | Thiruvananthapuram - Origin of name: Encyclopedia II - Thiruvananthapuram - Origin of name | | Thiruvananthapuram literally means Thiru (Great/Lord) Ananthan's Puram (City). The name derives from the main deity of a Hindu temple at the centre of the city. Ananthan is the serpent Sesha on whom Padmanabhan or Vishnu reclines. The temple of Anantha, the Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple is the most recognizable icon of the city.
The city was officially known as Trivandrum till 1991. Trivandrum is the anglicized form of Thiruvananthapuram. The name is still in common ...
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| | | Thiruvananthapuram: Encyclopedia II - Thiruvananthapuram - Origin of name
Thiruvananthapuram - Origin of name
Thiruvananthapuram literally means Thiru (Great/Lord) Ananthan's Puram (City). The name derives from the main deity of a Hindu temple at the centre of the city. Ananthan is the serpent Sesha on whom Padmanabhan or Vishnu reclines. The temple of Anantha, the Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple is the most recognizable icon of the city.
The city was officially known as Trivandrum till 1991. Trivandrum is the anglicized form of Thiruvananthapuram. The name is still in common use and most non-Keralites prefer to use Trivandrum.
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