8°30′38″N 76°57′29″E / 8.510663°N 76.958123°E Kanakakkunnu Palace is situated in Thiruvananthapuram near the Napier museum, India.[1] It served as an official residence for Sir C.P. Ramaswami Iyer during his dewanship, in addition to Bhakti Vilas and Padma Vilas.[2]
It is India's first digital garden, created by Akhilesh S. V. Nair and A. Gangaprasad, University of Kerala, Department of Botany.[3][4][5][6]
Today the palace and its sprawling grounds are the venue for many cultural meetings and programmes. An all India Dance Festival (October - March) is organised by the Department of Tourism every year. During this period the classical Indian Dance performances are conducted every day. There are many tourists streaming from foreign countries every year.
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- ^ "Botany student modifies palace into India's first digital garden". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 16 August 2018.
- ^ "Kerala Student Modifies Palace Into India's First Digital Garden; Scan QR Code To Get Tree Info". IndiaTimes. 2 July 2018.
- ^ "Kanakakkunnu Palace flora goes digital: Scan QR code to know tree info". The New Indian Express.
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