Kerala Temple Treasure

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  In Supreme Court, A Debate on Waking Up Lord Vishnu

  For almost an hour, the country's top court today discussed and debated whether the Sanskrit shlokas Venkatesa Suprabhatham, a morning chant, can be recited to wake up Lord Vishnu at the Padmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram.

• Padmanabhaswamy temple audit not an easy task, will do it sincerely: Vinod Rai

  Former Comptroller and Auditor General of India Vinod Rai today said he is "honoured" to be chosen by the Supreme Court to supervise the special audit of the property of Kerala's famous Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple and added that he would carry out the "difficult" task sincerely.

• Supreme Court panel hints at mismanagement of wealth in Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple

  There are "serious lapses" in management of Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple and the invaluable wealth its underground vaults contain, according to a report submitted in Supreme Court by the amicus curiae that favoured a direction for scientific audit of the treasure.

• Temple treasure: Experts' panel resumes work

  The Supreme Court appointed Experts Committee for scientifically documenting priceless treasures of the famous Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram has resumed its work by opening another underground vault.

• Kerala not to take over Padmanabhaswamy temple: Radhakrishnan

  Newly-appointed Kerala Home Minister T.Radhakrishnan on Friday said the state government would not take over the management of Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple, which has been in the news after priceless treasures were unearthed from its vaults July last year.

• Expert panel begins evaluating treasure found in Padmanabhaswamy temple

  The experts' committee constituted by the Supreme Court for inventorying and scientifically documenting the priceless treasures found in the vaults of the famed Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple here commenced its work today.

• Inventorying of Padmanabhaswamy Temple treasure underway

  The experts' committee constituted by the Supreme Court for inventorying and scientifically documenting the priceless treasures found in the vaults of the famed Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram commenced its work today.

• How much is the Kerala temple treasure really worth

  A committee appointed by the Supreme Court of India will return to the vaults of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram on the southern tip of India in the second week of February. Their task: try to put a value on what is believed to be the largest temple treasure in the world.

• Temple treasure: Documentation panel to follow world standards

  The Supreme Court appointed Committee on scientific documentation of treasures locked up in the vaults of famed Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple here will be following standards set up by the International Council of Museum in carrying out the task entrusted to it.

• How Kerala temple treasure is being recorded

  The process of scientific documentation of the treasure at Kerala's Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple will begin on November 9. This was decided today at a meeting of the expert panel appointed by the Supreme Court.

• Kerala Temple's Vault B will not be opened for now

  The Supreme Court is likely to decide today whether or not to open the sixth vault of Kerala's 16th century Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple.

• Kerala temple treasure: Were vaults opened earlier by Royals?

  The Travancore Royal family had recently told the Supreme Court that opening the Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple's secret vaults and photographing the treasure would invite the deity's anger. But now NDTV has accessed documents that show the Royal family had authorised the opening of the secret vaults at the temple in 2007 and even the contents of the...

• Kerala temple: Achuthanandan takes royal family to court

  The controversy over the priceless treasure in Kerala's Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple refuses to die down. Veteran Marxist leader and former Kerala Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan has said that he will approach the Supreme Court against the custodians of the temple-- the Travancore Royal Family, for allegedly smuggling its wealth. The Marxist leade...

• Astrologers caution against opening vault of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple

  The priceless treasure in Kerala's Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple should not be moved out of the shrine. That is what a group of astrologers have concluded after conducting a four-day ritual called devaprasnam to find out the "will of the deity."

• Faulty metal detectors guard Kerala temple treasure

  The four metal detectors placed at the Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple - estimated to house treasure valued at Rs 1 lakh crore - are faulty, police said on Friday.