Sree Anantha Padmanabha College is an institution of higher education in India. It is listed among Indian universities and colleges in the Wikidata knowledge base, where it is identified by the entity reference Q7585619.
Key facts
| Name | Sree Anantha Padmanabha College |
|---|---|
| Type | College / institution of higher education |
| Country | India |
| Wikidata identifier | Q7585619 |
Background
The college's name draws from Ananta Padmanabha, a form of the Hindu deity Vishnu reclining upon the serpent Ananta. This iconography is most famously associated with the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, and many educational and religious institutions in southern India have been named after the deity.
Significance
As an entry within the cohort of Indian universities and colleges catalogued on Wikidata, Sree Anantha Padmanabha College is part of the broader landscape of Indian tertiary education, which comprises central, state, deemed and private universities along with thousands of affiliated undergraduate and postgraduate colleges regulated through the University Grants Commission of India and discipline-specific regulators.
Related topics
- Education in India
- List of colleges in India
- Higher education in India
- University Grants Commission of India
- Padmanabhaswamy Temple