Thiruvananthapuram, July 12; Everyone is aware of the fact that Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram threw open to the hidden treasures that the then rulers had safely kept in the temple. The huge amount of treasure that is still being accounted for was safely kept in different vaults within the temple premises. The unprecedented amount of treasure has brought the temple into spotlight for different reasons.
There are six vaults in the temple all the vaults except vault B have been opened. The vault is currently under discussion in the Supreme Court. It was also opened on when vault A was opened, but access was blocked by a thick metal door resembling that of a strong room.
The Varmas, the former royal family of Travancore, now part of the modern state of Kerala, have staunchly opposed opening Vault B, citing fears it will disturb the temple’s spiritual energy, anger the deity and bring them ill fortune. “They believe death will visit them if Kallara B would be opened,” KK Venugopal, a family lawyer, told the judges during a Supreme Court hearing in August. “They are extremely concerned something may happen to them.”
The lawyer then read to the bemused judges from a 1933 book on Travancore that recounted how a 1908 attempt by kingdom officials to retrieve temple valuables was suspended due to cobras in the vault, interpreted as a warning against tampering with the wealth of the deity, also known as Lord Padmanabha.
In April, Gopal Subramanium, a top lawyer appointed as amicus curiae, an independent adviser to the court on Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple matters, delivered a scathing assessment of the shrine’s management, controlled for centuries by the family. In the 575-page report, he argued there was no proper accounting of public donations received.
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