Editing Thiruvananthapuram (section)

== Etymology ==
The city takes its name from the [[Malayalam]] word ''thiru-anantha-puram'' ({{lang|ml|തിരുവനന്തപുരം}} {{IPA|ml|t̪iɾuʋɐnɐn̪d̪ɐpuɾɐm||Thiruvananthapuram-pronunciation.ogg}}), meaning "The City of Lord Ananta",<ref name="Meaning of name">{{cite web |title=About Thiruvananthapuram |url=http://www.corporationoftrivandrum.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=158&Itemid=11 |publisher=Thiruvananthapuram Municipal Corporation |access-date=29 October 2010 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918085703/http://www.corporationoftrivandrum.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=158&Itemid=11 |archive-date=18 September 2010}}</ref> referring to the [[deity]] of the [[Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple]] located in the city. Thiruvananthapuram is also known in literature, and popular reference as ''Ananthapuri'', derived from the [[Sanskrit]] word ''Syanandurapuram'', meaning "The City of Bliss" in Carnatic kirtanas composed by [[Swathi Thirunal]], erstwhile Maharaja of [[Travancore]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/swati-manuscripts-found/article1836941.ece |title=Swati manuscripts found |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=3 August 2016}}</ref> The city was officially referred to as ''Trivandrum'' until 1991 (Trivandrum being the anglicised name of the town), when the government decided to reinstate the city's original name Thiruvananthapuram.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Balid |first1=Vivek |last2=Chatterji |first2=Miabi |last3=Reddy |first3=Sujani |last4=Vimalassery |first4=Manu |title=The sun never sets : South Asian migrants in an age of U.S. power |date=2013 |publisher=NYU Press |location=New York |isbn=978-0814786437 |page=122}}</ref>