The present monograph, Temples of Tiruvanantapuram District, has also three sections, of which Section 1 gives a general background on geographical-setting of the district based on physio-geographic regions, history, people and analysis of data collected during the field work. Section 2 deals with salient features of 127 important temples of the district, which include all those temples having swayambhoo (self-revealed) idols as principal deity and other important temples based on antiquity, number of prakaras, architectural excellence, number of poojas and number of worshippers. This does not mean that other temples are insignificant but the selection was done based on above mentioned parameters. Section 3 - Temple directory provides data of all temples open to public, big or small, as existed at the close of the twentieth century.