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Padmanabhapuram Palace

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Padmanabhapuram Palace is a 16th century wooden palace of the former Maharajas of Travancore. The palace complex, comprising several buildings, shows the traditional timber architecture of South India. The four-storeyed central mansion also has rich Hindu murals.
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Padmanabhapuram Palace (ID: 5897)
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First published: 21/06/21.

Aspasia

Padmanabhapuram Palace

Padmanabhapuram Palace (On tentative list)

Padmanabhapuram Palace by Aspasia

The trip started off the wrong foot. We had booked a tour through the tourist office in Trivandrum and as we got halfway, the minibus had a breakdown and all the tour director could say was that we had to wait. After 2 hours of eating red bananas, drinking coconut water and cursing next to a church (this is Kerala, after all), we finally started moving, but all I wanted to was to be done with the visit quickly. 

Once on the premises though, I regained my excitement: the woodwork is impressive. One such example is the pillar in Thai Kottaram (pictured). After reading here about the murals, I started checking the photos frantically, but then I realised that the access Upparikka Malika's topmost floor was restricted to visitors in order to preserve the paintings.

Kanyakumari/Cape Comorin is also worth a visit for the colours of its sand, the Thiruvalluvar Statue and the memorial to the 2004 tsunami. 

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