Kerala Temple Vaults

A secret vault in Kerala's Padmanabhaswamy Temple - said to be one of the richest places of worship in the world - will be opened or not, the Supreme Court is expected to decide on Monday.

Is it possible to open a treasure-laden vault at Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, or it would hurt religious sentiment? This was the question that came up before the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court hearing of the maintenance and opening of secret vaults of Kerala's Padmanabhaswamy temple turned into a slanging match today between Amicus Curiae Gopal Subramanium and the erstwhile Travancore royals' lawyer KK Venugopal. The judges had to step in to calm down the two senior lawyers.

The Kerala temple where gold, silver and gems worth billions of dollars were discovered three years ago in secret vaults will be audited by Vinod Rai, the Supreme Court said today.

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.

A day after the CPI-M wanted the precious jewels and priceless assets of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple to be made a public possession, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Friday said that it cannot be and the property belonged to the temple only.

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.

As the Supreme Court-appointed expert committee sought the court's direction on opening Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple's vault, the apex court said it would examine the request. The bench of Justice RM Lodha and Justice AK Patnaik, while posting the matter for hearing on April 18, asked the Expert Committee to supply copies of its fourth report to othe...

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.

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.

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.

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.

The ornaments, cash and gold discovered at Kerala's Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple need to be digitally archived before the last secret chamber is forced open, said the Supreme Court.

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

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...

A secret vault in Kerala's Padmanabhaswamy Temple - said to be one of the richest places of worship in the world - will be opened or not, the Supreme Court is expected to decide on Monday.

Is it possible to open a treasure-laden vault at Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, or it would hurt religious sentiment? This was the question that came up before the Supreme Court on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court hearing of the maintenance and opening of secret vaults of Kerala's Padmanabhaswamy temple turned into a slanging match today between Amicus Curiae Gopal Subramanium and the erstwhile Travancore royals' lawyer KK Venugopal. The judges had to step in to calm down the two senior lawyers.

The Kerala temple where gold, silver and gems worth billions of dollars were discovered three years ago in secret vaults will be audited by Vinod Rai, the Supreme Court said today.

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.

A day after the CPI-M wanted the precious jewels and priceless assets of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple to be made a public possession, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Friday said that it cannot be and the property belonged to the temple only.

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.

As the Supreme Court-appointed expert committee sought the court's direction on opening Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple's vault, the apex court said it would examine the request. The bench of Justice RM Lodha and Justice AK Patnaik, while posting the matter for hearing on April 18, asked the Expert Committee to supply copies of its fourth report to othe...

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.

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.

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.

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.

The ornaments, cash and gold discovered at Kerala's Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple need to be digitally archived before the last secret chamber is forced open, said the Supreme Court.

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

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...