Padmanābhapuram
Padmanabhapuram is a town near Thuckalay in Kanyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Padmanabhapuram is a town near Thuckalay in Kanyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. As of 2011, the town had a population of 21,342. Padmanabhapuram was the capital of Travancore state in the past. In 1795, the King of Travancore, Rama Varma (known as Dharma Raja moved the capital from Padmanabhapuram to Thiruvananthapuram. At that time the boundaries of Travancore state included half the area of modern Kerala state. In 1947, after independence, Padmanabhapuram became part of Travancore-Cochin state during July 1,1949. When Indian states were reorganized on the basis of language in 1956, Padmanabhapuram along with other Tamil majority areas were ceded to Madras State, while the Malayalam-speaking areas of Malabar district and Kasaragod taluk of South canara district of Madras Presidency merged with Thiru-Kochi state and Kerala State was formed in November 1,1956. Later the name of Madras State was changed to Tamil Nadu.
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Worth seeing in and around Padmanābhapuram
6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Padmanabhapuram Palace
Padmanabhapuram Palace, also known as Kalkulam Palace, is a Travancore-era palace located in Padmanabhapuram in the Kanyakumari district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The palace is owned, controlled and maintained by the Kerala Government.
1.3 km · palace in Travancore · Wikipedia - 02
- 03Thiruvithamcode Arappally
St. Mary's Orthodox Syrian Church, Thiruvithamkode, also called Thiruvithamcode Arappally or Thomayar Kovil, is a church located in Thiruvithamcode in Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu state in India.
3.8 km · building in India · Wikipedia - 04St. Mary's Basilica
St. Mary's Basilica is a church dedicated to Our Lady of the Nativity in Mulagumoodu, Tamil Nadu, India.
5.7 km · church in Tamil Nadu, India · Wikipedia - 05St. Antony's Church, Chemmanvilai
St. Antony's Church, Chemmanvilai[1] is a Roman Catholic Church located in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India.
2.4 km · church in Chemmanvilai · Wikipedia - 06Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education
Noorul Islam Centre for Higher Education, formerly Noorul Islam College of Engineering, is a private co-educational Institution in Kumarakovil, Thuckalay, Kanyakumari District, Tamil Nadu, India. The institution was founded in 1989 by A.P. Majeed Khan and it was declared as a Deemed to be University by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt.
1.8 km · University in India · Wikipedia
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Getting to Padmanābhapuram
- Airports
- Thiruvananthapuram (TRV), 53 km · Cochin (COK), 236 km
- Stations
- Eraniel Railway station, 4.7 km
- Thiruvananthapuram → Padmanābhapuram49 km · quickest by road, 1h 21m · ₹365–455
- Kochi → Padmanābhapuram222 km · quickest by road, 5h 27m · ₹1,740–2,180
- Coimbatore → Padmanābhapuram310 km · quickest by road, 7h 58m · ₹2,860–3,580
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Padmanābhapuram is 50 km from Thiruvananthapuram, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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