Recreational and Sightseeing Hotel Uday Samudra Beach

Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple
(12 km from hotel) The temple with innumerable pillars, intricate carvings, and mural paintings is an excellent example of the Dravidian style of architecture. . The imposing seven storeyed tower makes it the most impressive landmark in the city.

Sree Chithra Art Gallery:
Has a valuable collection of paintings of Raja Ravi Varma and Roerich. It also has copies of paintings of the Ajanta, Rajput, Mughal and Tanjore Schools besides some works from China, Japan, and Tibet .

The Zoo
Is one of the very well maintained zoos in the whole of Asia, which is near Napier Museum.

Observatory
The Observatory situated 60m above sea level is located on a hill near the Museum. There is a well laid out garden in front of the hill, with a beautiful rose collection. It is one of the oldest edifices in India Shanghumugham Beach
It is popular city beach adjacent to the airport. An indoor recreation club, children's traffic training park and a star shaped restaurant are some of the facilities at the beach.

Akkulam Boat Club
9 km away from the town. It is a popular retreat for the city dwellers. The lake has boating facilities and has the largest children's Park in Kerala.

Aruvikkara
6 km north of Thiruvananthapuram and gifted with lavish scenic beauty is Aruvikkara. An ancient Durga temple is there on the banks of the river.

Neyyar Dam
29km from Thiruvananthapuram is Neyyar Dam a picnic spot and dam site. There are facilities for boating at the reservoir. There is a lion safari park and crocodile farm.

Ponmudi
An ideal hill resort situated just 54km from Thiruvananthapuram is an enchanting one for tourists. Best accommodation and restaurant facilities are available here. (61 kms from UDS.)


Cultural Programmes
Mohiniyattom
Mohiniyattom is a typical dance form of Kerala that literally means dances of the enchantress. Mohiniyattom, even the costumes and the make up having a distinctiveness of their own. In fact, Mohiniyattom as a dance form has been developed in Kalamandalam to such a perfection as to attract the attention of students and teachers of art from other parts of India.

Kalaripayattu
Believed by many histories and scholars as one of the oldest and most scientific and comprehensive system of martial training existing in the world today. Kalaripayattu the ancient martial art of Kerala truly deserves the title of the forerunner of all martial art.

Kathakali
Most important of the Indian dance drama style is Kathakali from Kerala. The stories for enacting Kathakali are taken mostly from the great epics, the Ramayana and the Mahabharatha.