This Divya Kshethram is in Thiru Ananthapuram (Trivandrum) in Kerala. The name of this city is taken from the presiding diety’s name ‘Anantha’ (one who is reclining on the serpent Anantha). The name of the moolavar is ‘Anantha Padmanabhan’ in kidandha or sayana thirukkolam. Thayar is Sri Hari Lakshmi.
According to legend Divakara Muni was worshipping a Saligramam. One day a 2 year old boy swallowed this Saligrama and started running. The Muni angrily chased the boy who ran behind a tree. To his surprise Lord Vishnu emerged from behind the tree in Vishwaroopa. At the request of the Muni the lord took this present form of Anantha sayana. This statue is so huge that it has to be viewed from 3 dwaaraas of the garbhagriha, to get a full darshan of the lord Anantha Padmanabha swamy, which is 18 feet long. This is the biggest statue of all Divya Desams. The head can be seen through the first dhwaaraa, the bhujaas and the chest through the second dhwaaraa, and the thiruvadi (feet) through the third. This statue is supposed to have been made from 12008 salagramams, which were brought from Gendaki nadhi in Nepal.
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