Sreekanteswaram is a place in

Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram ( ), also known as Trivandrum, is the Capital city, capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had a population of 957,730 over an area of 214.86 sq. km, making it the ...

city (Trivandrum),

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. The place is known for the Siva temple, from which the name was derived.

Pazhaya Sreekanteswaram Temple Pazhaya Sreekanteswaram Temple or Old Sreekanteswaram Temple, located at Puthenchantha in Thiruvananthapuram, is one of the ancient Shiva temples in Kerala. According to the renowned historian Elamkulam Kunjan Pillai, this temple existed even in ...

is the original abode of the Lord of new

Sreekanteswaram Mahadeva Temple Sreekanteswaram Mahadeva Temple is a Hindu temple of the god Shiva situated in Thiruvananthapuram, in the Indian state of Kerala. Pazhaya Sreekanteswaram Temple is considered the original abode of the god. This temple is more than 700 years ...

. Author of Sabdatharavali,

Sreekanteswaram Padmanabha Pillai Sreekanteswaram G. Padmanabha Pillai (1865–1946), popularly known as ''Sreekanteswaram'', was a lexicographer and scholar best known for his Malayalam dictionary '' Sabdatharavali''. Life Padmanabha Pillai was born in 1865Kathakali, the Art ...

hails from this place.

Geography

Sreekanteswaram is a busy residential area in the Thiruvananthapuram city and is bordered by Pazhavangadi on the east, Fort on the south and

Kaithamukku Kaithamukku is a neighbourhood in the city of Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram ( ), also known as Trivandrum, is the Capital city, capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. As of 2011, the Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation had ...

on the west. The place is located around 1 km from

East Fort Kizhakke Kotta, also known by its English name East Fort, is a busy commercial street located at the heart of the central business district of Thiruvananthapuram city in Kerala. Since Thiruvananthapuram was the capital of the kingdom of Travan ...

and 2 km from Statue Junction. The Sreekanteswaram Park and the Sreekanteswaram Siva temple are the major landmarks.

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{{Reflist Suburbs of Thiruvananthapuram

Geography

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