Padmanabha () is an epithet of the Hindu deity
Vishnu
Vishnu ( ; , ), also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the supreme being within Vaishnavism, one of the major traditions within contemporary Hinduism.
Vishnu is known as "The Preserver" within ...
. It may refer to:
Places
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Padmanabhaswamy Temple
The Shree Padmanabhaswamy Temple is a Hindu temple located in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of the state of Kerala, India. The name of the city of 'Thiruvananthapuram' in Tamil and Malayalam translates to "The City of Lord Ananta" (The Ci ...
, in Trivandrum, Kerala, India
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Padmanabhapuram
Padmanabhapuram is a town and a municipality near Thuckalay in Kanyakumari district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. As of 2011, the town had a population of 21,342.
History
Padmanabhapuram was the erstwhile capital of the Kingdom of Travan ...
, a town in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu, India
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Anantha Padmanabha Swamy Temple, in Vikarabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
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Padmanabhanagar
Padmanabhanagar is a posh residential locality in South Bangalore, India, covering an area of 1.68 km2 It's one of the zones of BBMP. Padmanabhanagar has a very famous park called Lakshmikanta Park. This park houses Lakshmi Kantha temple. ...
, a neighborhood in Bangalore, Karnataka, India
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Padmanaba Nagar Assembly constituency
Religion
* One of the Thousand Names of Lord Vishnu in the Sanskrit hymn ''
Vishnu Sahasranama''
* Padmanabha, in the Jain tradition, the future reincarnation of
Bimbisara
Bimbisāra (in Buddhist tradition) or Shrenika () and Seniya () in the Jain histories (c. 558 – c. 491 BCE or during the late 5th century BCE) was a King of Magadha (V. K. Agnihotri (ed.), ''Indian History''. Allied Publishers, New Delhi ...
, King of Magadha
** Padmanabha Swamy, the presiding deity at the
Padmanabhaswamy Temple
The Shree Padmanabhaswamy Temple is a Hindu temple located in Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of the state of Kerala, India. The name of the city of 'Thiruvananthapuram' in Tamil and Malayalam translates to "The City of Lord Ananta" (The Ci ...
in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Other
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Padmanābha (poet)
Padmanābha was a 15th-century Indian poet and historian. He has been hailed as the Yug Charan (Charan of the Era) for commemorating Kanhadade's struggle in his famous treatise "Kanhadade Prabandha", written in 1455.
This work has been praised a ...
, 15th century Indian poet
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