India: Treasure unearthed in Kerala temple

[Manas]

Please save these treasures from Sonia and Compnay ,otherwise they will eat it ....

 

[Manas]

This is temple property and should belong to temple. Historically the muslim invaders from outside india attacked temples for such treasures among other reasons. Now our own greedy government wants to loot the temples officially and legally. If this goes under the control of government, there is no doubt that it will finally end up as somebody's personal property or converted to foreign currency and credited to secret swiss accounts.

 

[Manas]

Security frenzy over Kerala temple treasure trove



The Kerala government on Friday put in place a permanent security setup in and around the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple here following the discovery of treasures worth a whopping Rs 50,000 crore in its secret vaults on Thursday and Friday.

The treasure excavated from an underground chamber of the “A” vault of the temple on Thursday had stunned not just the expert committee appointed by the Supreme Court and those who were at the scene to assist them but the entire state.

The articles included thousands of gold necklaces, crowns, coins, jewels and precious stones.

If a necklace found on Thursday was 18 feet long and weighed 10.5 kg, 536 kg of 18th century gold coins and about 20 kg of the British East India Company’s gold coins were found on Friday.

Among the coins were those of the Napoleon era. In all 1,000 “saratpoli mala” studded with gems called “aval” were found and a collection of these gems themselves weighed over a tonne. The worth of valuables found from vaults “C”, “D” and “F” which were examined since Monday was estimated to be about Rs 1,000 crore.

The unravelling of the mysterious vaults has suddenly catapulted the temple into the league of the nation’s richest temples.

The expert committee members have refused to either confirm or deny the worth of the valuables as reported in the media. However, sources who were present at the scene have estimated the present market value of the valuables at over Rs 50,000 crore considering their antiquity too.

The seven-member expert committee headed by two retired High Court judges had been asked by the Supreme Court to prepare an inventory of the articles in the six temple vaults following a petition by advocate T P Sundararajan alleging mismanagement of temple affairs.

The state government has strengthened the security around and inside the temple following the discovery of the treasure. There would be round–the-clock security around the temple and CCTV cameras would be installed.

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said the government has been worried ever since the court asked it to take over the administration of the temple last year.

The previous LDF government in the state had expressed its inability to take up the responsibility.

 

[gulte]

The money should come into system as soon as possible. I think the best way to do is separate treasure on the basis of architectural value and fix deposit the treasure with no significant historical significance into national banks on the name of Temple trust and use the interest for temple and temple institutions. In this way it will be win-win for temple and people of the country.

 

[Manas]

The money should come into system as soon as possible. I think the best way to do is separate treasure on the basis of architectural value and fix deposit the treasure with no significant historical significance into national banks on the name of Temple trust and use the interest for temple and temple institutions. In this way it will be win-win for temple and people of the country.

this is for hindus...

 

[Avatar]

The money should come into system as soon as possible. I think the best way to do is separate treasure on the basis of architectural value and fix deposit the treasure with no significant historical significance into national banks on the name of Temple trust and use the interest for temple and temple institutions. In this way it will be win-win for temple and people of the country.

I think that none of the historical artifacts have much value to the temple unless there are any idols or exceptional artifacts. In my opinion the temple should simply auction/sell most of their findings and use this money as a fixed deposit, and carry out all the work they wish to do with the annuity.

 

[Ajaxpaul]

this is for hindus...

Correction...the term is Royal family of Travancore.

 

[Avatar]

this is for hindus...

The temple management will decide whom to help.

 

[gulte]

this is for hindus...

Actually the treasure will be deposited in the name of temple so it belongs to Kerala Hindus.

 

[Manas]

Correction...the term is Royal family of Travancore.

Incorrect...the term is Padmanabhaswamy temple
of
Kerala Hindus

 

[Manas]

Actually the treasure will be deposited in the name of temple so it belongs to Kerala Hindus.

of course to Kerala Hindus only.

 

[Break the Silence]

I think, Nicolas cage will make next National Treasure movie in India... Btw.. the people who have found it might had a chnace to put some coins in their pockets..

 

[Break the Silence]

Please save these treasures from Sonia and Compnay ,otherwise they will eat it ....

Yeah they can eat and chew even diamond also with ease like chewing a gum..

 

[JonAsad]

WoW- who will keep the treasures- The Muslim Hindu Divide is evident in this thread- when it comes to treasure its for hindus only- for show off hindus Muslims are just indians- Equal- gimme a break-

 

[SpArK]

WoW- who will keep the treasures- The Muslim Hindu Divide is evident in this thread- when it comes to treasure its for hindus only- for show off hindus Muslims are just indians- Equal-

The state will keep the treasure.