TRIVANDRUM, or TREVANDRUM  , a city of southern India, capital of the state of Travancore, situated 2 M. from the sea-coast . Pop . (1901), 57,882 . It is the residence of the maharaja, and contains an observatory and a museum, besides several other fine buildings . The chief fame of the place, however, centres upon the shrine of Sri Ananta Padmanabhaswami, a great resort of pilgrims, round which the city grew up . The best houses and chief public buildings stand on hilly terraces . The city contains the maharaja's college, a Sanskrit college, a high school, a school for girls, an industrial school of arts, and a hospital and medical school . There is little trade, but a speciality of wood-carving . Trivandrum has a small seaport, but the vessels that touch here have to anchor at some consider-able distance from the shore, and the port itself is not fitted for any great commercial development .