Kerala Government Secretariat, Administrative building in Thiruvananthapuram, India.

The Kerala Government Secretariat is an administrative building in Thiruvananthapuram organized into three main blocks situated across the central, north, and south areas of the complex. Multiple government departments operate from offices distributed throughout these sections to handle state affairs.

The foundation stone was laid in 1865 by Ayilyam Thirunal, Maharaja of Travancore, and the building was completed in 1869 as the Travancore Royal Durbar Hall, where the king met his council of ministers monthly. It was designed under chief engineer Walthew Clarence Barton with Roman and Dutch elements, and supervised by Dewan T. Madhava Rao, whose statue stands across the road. Known in the princely era as Huzur or Puthen Kacheri, it was renamed the Government Secretariat in 1949.

The main entrance, Ana Kavadam (Elephant Door), opens into the Durbar Hall, which was once reserved for the Maharaja of Travancore and his courtiers with limited public entry. Today the hall serves as the State Ceremonies Hall for public meetings and state ceremonies. The Old Assembly Hall on the ground floor of the Central Block now houses a public legislative museum on Kerala's legislative history.

The building sits about 2 kilometers (1.2 miles) from Trivandrum Central railway station and KSRTC Bus Terminal, making it accessible by public transport. Trivandrum International Airport is approximately 6 kilometers (3.7 miles) away for those arriving by air.

The building houses a wide range of government departments under one roof, from Agriculture to Tourism, serving as a central administrative hub. This concentration of different ministries in a single location creates an operational efficiency that many visitors do not immediately recognize.