kanakakunnu palace

The pink blossoms of the Tabebuia Rosea tree are a beautiful sight to the visitors of kanakakunnu palace. It is believed that the tree aged above 150 years was imported from the Central American region during the reign of Sri Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma.

The city will bask in festive lights during the Christmas and New Year evenings, with the state tourism department making extensive arrangements for illuminations.

MP Naveen Jindal’s Flag Foundation of India’s attempt to erect a 207 ft tall monumental flagpole in front of the kanakakunnu palace is likely to be stalled as the Tourism Department, “felicitator” of the project, did not take clearance from the corporation and Airport Authority of India(AAI) for erecting the structure.

The temporary amusement parks erected as part of Onam celebrations are usually a hit among children.

The state government has given administrative sanction for the revised estimate of Rs 5 crore for the renovation of kanakakunnu palace premises.

The second edition of Arteria, the project of district tourism promotion council (DTPC), to paint city's common walls and make it free of graffiti, is creating magic again.

From the large-sized ‘Jawaan pasand’ to the small-sized ‘Chakkara kutty’ - all native and exotic varieties of mango, the king of fruits, will be showcased at the 10-day Mango Festival set to begin at the Suryakanthi Auditorium at kanakakunnu palace on May 18.

Transport minister Antony Raju will inaugurate the Onam trade fair and exhibition at Suryakanthi auditorium in kanakakunnu palace on Saturday. About 100 stalls put up by various government departments will be the attraction of this trade fair.

With yet another edition of the annual flower show being organized in the capital city, Suryakanthi fair ground at kanakakunnu palace has been transformed into a floral patio, drawing large number of visitors.

Lucifer, which has Mohanlal in the lead, is scheduled to hit theatres on March 28

The open air Nisagandhi auditorium in the kanakakunnu palace premises has the capacity for a crowd of 3,000 to 3,500. On Friday evening, all of a sudden, the crowd in the auditorium swelled to at least hree times that number.

On display at kanakakunnu palace and Lalithakala Academy Art Gallery are around 140 works by four photographers and one artist, the ultimate result of their ‘pain and patience’ and a feast for the aesthetic eye.

A casual talk with her colleagues inspired Sheeja, a Karyavattom native, to decide on quitting her job and become an entrepreneur to manufacture of a complete bio-degradable sanitary pad named as “Ela Green”.

The fifth edition of the Kovalam Literary Festival will be held in October, after a day's stopover in the national capital.

The state dairy development department will organize various programmes to celebrate World Milk Day on June 1.

Ten-day-long Trivandrum flower show will begin here on Thursday.kanakakunnu palace will play host to the flower show that is being organized by Travancore Events in association with Kerala Adds and Events.

Ananthapuri Jackfruit mahotsav, jointly organized by Jackfruit Promotion Council and Shantigram will begin on kanakakunnu palace premises on July 22.