[Trivandrum] (Malayalam: തിരുവനന്തപുരം
Thiruvananthapuram), formerly known as Trivandrum,
is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala
and the headquarters of the Thiruvananthapuram
District. It is located on the west coast of India
near the extreme south of the mainland. Referred
to by Mahatma
Gandhi as the "Evergreen city of India",
the city is characterized by its undulating terrain
of low coastal hills and busy commercial alleys.
With almost 745,000 inhabitants per the 2001 census,
it is the largest and most populous city in Kerala;
the wider urban agglomeration having a population
of about one million.
The city is the state capital and houses many central
and state government offices, organizations and
companies. Apart from being the political nerve
centre of Kerala,
it is also a major academic hub and is home to several
educational institutions including the Kerala
University, (Formerly known as The University
of Travancore) and to many science and technology
institutions, the most prominent being the Vikram
Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC). The first information
technology park, the Technopark;
as well as the first biotechnology centre in India,
the Rajiv
Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology (RGCB) are at
Thiruvanathapuram.
Little do men percieve what solitue is, and how far it extendeth. For a crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures, and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love.
