Our hotel was very comfortable and we had south Indian breakfast which consisted of Idlis, Dosa, puri, vada etc. There was huge buffet choice with English varieties as well. We all got on the air conditioned coach to see the city, our guide Kapil gave us brief history of Trivandrum City. Trivandrum is sprawling over seven hills covered with English buildings and local traditional wooden houses with cosmopolitan character and Trivandrum is also the sea side capital of Kerala.
Trivandrum`s other name is Thiru-anantha-puram which means the city Anantha or the abode of the sacred Serpent Anantha on which Lord Vishnu, the preserver of the Hindu trinity reclines. Our first stop was to the Padmanabhaswamy Temple.

Padmanabhaswamy Temple

With a seven storeyed Gopuram ( tower), the Padmanabhaswamy Temple is the most famous historical important landmark of the city with wonderful styles of architecture. This historic building has innumerable stone carvings, ancient inscriptions and colourful murals and there are around 324 pillars in the corridor of this fascinating temple. Only the Hindus are allowed to enter the temple but it is definitely worthwhile to see the Incredibly amazing architectural of the Gopuram from outside, our next stop was to Kuthiramalika Palace Museum which is next to the temple.
 
   Kuthiramalika Palace Museum – Horse Palace

The palace was built by Maharaja Swathi the King of Travancore, who was a great poet, musician, social reformer and statesman, this rare specimen of workmanship in the traditional Travancore style of architecture also has exquisite wood carvings. The name Kuthiramalika means "Palace of the Horses" which is derived from 122 horses that are carved into the wooden wall brackets that support the southern roof. The palace has exquisitely carved wooden ceilings with the bohemian crystal throne and the ivory throne which were magnificent. There is also a collection of swords, muskets, palanquins, marble sculptures, chandeliers, idols and painting of the Maharajas etc.

Some of the oil paintings of the Maharajas and artefacts were bit damaged which was bit sad,
 I found that the Kerala architecture was very beautiful and impressive. There are areas within which was used for debates, dances and for meditation, this place offers a direct view of the Padmanabhaswamy temple towers. After lunch we headed to the Kanakakunnu Palace. On our way there we saw religious festival with the locals dancing and there was procession and then they loaded all the temple drama items on the lorry, this was very interesting :)
   The Kanakakunnu Palace

The Kanakakunnu palace bears the evidence of the architectural skills that were prevalent during that age which reflects magnificent skill of art. The palace is one of the greatest heritages of the city of Trivandrum. In front of the palace there is huge ground and Napier Museum is next to it.
 
The Napier Museum –
 
This houses a rare collection of archaeological and historic artefacts, bronze idols, ancient ornaments, a temple chariot and ivory carvings. The use of plastic is banned in the museum as the indo - Saracen structure boasts a "natural" Air-conditioning system. I found this very fascinating and I could spend hours in here. We were taken to our hotel and after freshening up we all had huge dinner which had many varieties of Indian cuisine. Trivadrum is very rich with its excellent historic monuments and beautiful temples, we had a wonderful day.