Padmanabhaswamy Temple: Quick Facts

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Crowd of people in colorful clothing walk and gather in front of the ornate Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India at sunset.

Illustration showing the Hindu god Vishnu reclining on a serpent, with Lakshmi at his feet and Brahma seated on a lotus flower above him, from the Mahabharata.

Vishnu resting on the cosmic serpent Shesha

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