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Eraniel
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<p>Eraniel is a <a href="/facts/Panchayat_town/UIz4AEa7">panchayat town</a> in <a href="/facts/Kanyakumari_district/V02uweSm">Kanyakumari district</a> in the state of <a href="/facts/Tamil_Nadu/ouqcjUKE">Tamil Nadu</a>, India. It is of major commercial and political importance in the history of South India, as it was the seasonal capital of the affluent <a href="/facts/Venad/zT8GXYfa">Venad</a> and later <a href="/facts/Travancore/7RRoKgwf">Travancore</a> kingdoms until the seventeenth century, when <a href="/facts/Padmanabhapuram/7mwJdDfs">Padmanabhapuram</a> and <a href="/facts/Thiruvananthapuram/WzEGT3qx">Thiruvananthapuram</a> rose to prominence. Currently it is known for its archaeological importance for the ruins of the dilapidated <a href="/facts/Eraniel_Palace/noL3BwCY">Eraniel Palace</a>. </p>