Thiruvananthapuram Vs Thiruvattar

DESCRIPTION	THIRUVANANTHAPURAM	THIRUVATAARU
Perumal in Bhujanga sayanam	Facing east	Facing west
No.of salagramams used in vigraha	12000	16108
Lord Shiva Seen	near Perumal’s Thirumugam	Near Perumal’s Thiruvadi
Lord Brahma	Emerging from Lord’s Thirunaabhi	Not seen
Dwajasthambams	Golden in front of Padmanabha swamy silver in frontof Krishna’s sannidhi	Only one in front of Kesava Perumal
Ootakal mandapam measurement of stone in front of garbagriham wherepiligrims  stand for darshan	20 X 20-31/2 “ thick	18 X 25- 3 feetthick
sculptures	Garuda Hanuman Dwarapalakas	Lakshmana Indrajit Pathanjalietc
Aaratu festival accompanied by	Maharaja of Travancore	King’s representativescarrying royal insignia the sword
Thiruvonam day	NIL	Carpenter makes a bow leaves it in front of thesannidhi without looking back and next day it is presented to the king.