Culture of Thiruvananthapuram - Cultural Attache's/Embassies of European Countries

Cultural Attache's/Embassies of European Countries

Geothe Zentrum - Trivandrum's relation with Germany goes back to Basel missionary Hermann Gundert, who in a pivotal meeting with the Travancore maharajah decided to stay back in Kerala, where he wrote the first formal dictionary of sorts of Malayalam thus playing a pivotal role in the state's education and language. His influence on his grandson Hermann Hesse, the nobel laureate, was evident in the latter's writings. Goethe Zentrum hosts language classes, european and swiss cultural exchange programs and film festivals.

Alliance Francaise


Russian Cultural Centre (Gorky Bhavan)

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