The first place we visited was the Shri Padmanabhaswamy Temple<\/a> (they have a webpage<\/a>). I saw the picture in the guidebook and thought it was beautiful. It could have been much better if the sky was blue. It was a bit hazy and the white temple didn't look as gorgeous as I saw in the picture. To enter the temple, you would have to be Hindu and wear sari (women) or dhoti (men). Obviously, we couldn't get in \ud83d\ude09 There were some steps from the street to the premise of the temple. We could go up there and see the temple from outside but were not allowed to take photos beyond the steps. It was ok to take photos from the stairs though. You might not be able to see it in the picture but sculpture on the roof was amazing! Several local people told me that they have a lot of gold, diamonds and pearls underneath the temple. 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The Goddess in the temple of Attukal is worshipped as the Supreme Mother, creator of all living beings and the mighty preserver as well as destroyer of them all." Our driver told us it opens at 5pm but a lot of women were queueing before the opening. We didn't go inside but liked the decoration of the temple. Quite photogenic, isn't it ;-)?<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
On the way to the temple, school kids were trying to be in my picture \ud83d\ude09 Most people seem to like to be in someone's picture here though I don't know if they would ask for money for it. <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
After visiting Shri Padmanabhaswamy Temple<\/a>, we went to a big park in the city center. It was really a big park with botanical garden, museum, zoo and more. I loved the botanical garden and museum building. Though we didn't go into the museum, color of the building was lovely! (my favorite color, of course ;-) <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
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