East Fort, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

East Fort got its name from the eastern entrance to the fort built by the Kings of Travancore. The old city was all inside the fort on four sides with the Sri Padmanabha Swamy temple at the center. It is said that there were huge metal gates on this entrance to the Fort which was decorated with the symbol of a conch, which was the isignia of the Royal Family of Travancore.

Sri Padmanabha Swami

Sri Padmanabha Swami Temple, from which the city takes its name (Thiru Anantha Puram means 'the city or puram of Holy (Thiru) Anantha, another name for Vishnu, who is the deity of Sri Padmanabha Swamy Temple), is situated inside the East fort entrance.East Fort during the past few decades has trasformed itself into one of the biggest commercial hubs of Trivandrum with majority                        of Branded Jewellery showrooms like Alukkas, Alappat, Josco, Prince, Kalyan. Apart from that it also house the biggest textile shops of southern kerala.

Recent searches in Closed Chambers of Padmanabha Swamy Temple revealed a very Gigantic Treasure estimated to be worth at least INR 1000000000000.(Just count the zeroes thereof, even a simple Calculator is unable to count this qty. Believe it!)...........
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