The Thiruvananthapuram North subdistrict bagged the overall championship at the District School Arts Festival that concluded in Neyyattinkara here on Friday. Kilimanoor topped the high school category with 362 points, while Thiruvananthapuram North held the first position in the higher secondary school category with 399 points. In the Sanskrit festival, Neyyattinkara and Palode tied in the upper primary category with …
Summer skies and trees heavy with fruit paint a picturesque backdrop to the red-tiled sprawling palace with brilliant white walls at Kilimanoor, about 33 km from Thiruvananthapuram. It was in this rambling palace that eminent artist Raja Ravi Varma was born on April 29, 1848, to Ezhumavil Neelakanthan Bhattatiripad and Uma Ambabayi Thampuratti. It was here in this serene ambience …
