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With a population of around 854,000, Thiruvananthapuram is well known as the capital of Kerala. It is a well developed city built over the low hills near the Arabian sea-shore. In spite of being the capital city, it is not all noisy. Instead, it is green, clean and quite peaceful. Mahatma Gandhi called the city “evergreen city of India” because of its rolling terrain comprising of the low coastal hills and commercial alleys. Communication is also not a problem in Thiruvananthapuram as the people here are well informed and a majority of them can speak English quite comfortably.
Thiruvananthapuram means the place of Anatha and the name is derived from Tiru-Ananthapuram. Anatha denotes the sacred snake that provides shelter to Lord Vishnu with its hood. The city consists of a number of state central government offices, companies and organizations. Apart from being the political center of the state, it is a major academic hub as well. Thiruvananthapuram is a home to the very famous University of Kerala as well as the very prominent Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, IIST and Techno Park.
Thiruvananthapuram is a great shopping hub too. The markets here offer excellent carved wooden objects, Kathakali masks, traditional fabrics, bronze items and handicraft items. The present day Thiruvananthapuram district was previously a part of he Travancore state and the sources from history have confirmed that it was divided into administrative units by Maharaja Raja Verma. These administrative provinces were Tekkemukkom, Vadakkemukkom and Patinjharemukhom. Tekkemukkom is the present day Thiruvananthapuram. It has emerged to be the most popular holiday destination in Kerala.
