Travancore Royal Family Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple

• Kerala temple case: Supreme Court takes on Royals

  The Supreme Court today advised the Travancore Royal family not to rely on the ritual astrological prediction - Devaprasnam - while deciding on the opening of the secret vault of Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple.

• Chandy dismisses Achuthanandan's remarks against Travancore's royal family

  Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy took exception to CPI (M) leader VS Achuthanandan's recent remarks against the head of the Travancore royal family Uthradam Thirunal Marthanda Varma. Achuthanandan had alleged that the royal family had been siphoning wealth from the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple.

• 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...

• Temple treasure can be used for schools, hospitals: Former royals

  The head of the Travancore royal family renounced on Friday any personal claim to billions of dollars' worth of ancient treasure discovered in a temple in the kingdom his ancestors once ruled."The royal family is not claiming anything. No part belongs to the family," said KK Venugopal, a lawyer representing the descendants of the erstwhile rulers o...