Built in honor of one of the main Hindu Gods Vishnu, the Padmanabhaswamy temple is located in the capital of the southern state of Kerala, Trivandrum, or as it is more commonly referred to Thiruvananthapuram.

Gopuram, the main tower of the temple, was built in 1566. She has seven levels, and its height is over 30 meters. It is decorated with many statues and sculptures, each of which can be considered a true architectural masterpiece. Inside the temple is a long corridor with a colonnade, consisting of 365-granite columns. The surface is fully covered with carvings representing an example of true craftsmanship of the ancient sculptors.

In the main hall of the building there is the main Shrine of the temple is the statue of Vishnu depicting him in the aspect of Sri Padmanabha reclining on the serpent of Anantha or ADI Sesh, from his navel grows a Lotus, on which sits Brahma. The left hand of Vishnu is located above Ling – stone-vessel of the divine essence – Shiva. And next to him sit two of his wives – Sridevi, the Goddess of fortune, and Bhudevi, the Earth Goddess. The statue is made of power – fossil, extracted from the bottom of the sacred Kali Gandaki, which is black in color and is considered unicodechecker incarnation of Vishnu. In addition, on top of the statue is covered with a special substance "Katsarka yogas" - an Ayurvedic blend that does not allow you to settle on the surface of the idol dust and dirt.

In the temple twice a year is the ten-day festival of traditional dance-drama of Kerala – Kathakali. But in Padmanabhaswamy can only be joined by people professing Hinduism, in addition, they must comply with very strict dress code.