Padmanabhaswamy temple, also known as Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple (Malayalam: ശ്രീ പത്മനാഭസ്വാമി ക്ഷേത്രം, śṟī patmaṉābhasvāmi kṣētṟaṁ ?), is a famous Hindu temple dedicated to god Vishnu located inside East Fort in the city of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala state, South India. It is the world's richest Hindu temple and is one of the 108 Divya Desams,[1] Vishnu temples that are mentioned in the works o
f the Tamil poet saints called Alvars. The principal deity, Padmanabhaswamy, is a form of Vishnu in "Anananta-sayanam" (Vishnu in the eternal sleep of Yoga-nidra on the serpent Ananta) posture.[2] Padmanabhaswamy Temple is a very ancient temple and the city of Thiruvananthapuram derives its name from the name of Ananta, the presiding deity enshrined in the temple.
