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LABTECH767
reply to post by Char-Lee
Real or not this is the type of story we love and if only it could be real though it would be a little horrible.
Though the panel was not mandated to quantify the value of the treasure in money terms, it has been widely speculated to cross Rs. 1 lakh crore by modest estimates.
The process of accounting of its wealth, whose existence has been a secret for outside world, was ordered by the court last year based on a litigation initiated by a former IPS
officer late T P Sundara Rajan.
He had pleaded for the state takeover of the temple from the trust controlled by the royal house contending it was important for secured preservation of the priceless wealth.
Though the Kerala High Court directed the state to consider the take-over of the temple, it has been challenged by the temple trust in the apex court.
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gortex
From the source article...
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And what about the superstitions about opening vault B? Legend has it that a serpent guards the vault and evil luck befalls anyone trying to open the chamber. “I believe it has already happened. But I will not say anything more,” he says. Sundararajan, the retired IPS officer who filed the petition, suddenly died last year, a month after the first vault was opened. But Varma will not speak anymore. He has closed the chapter, his mind and his eyes.
Bilk22
This appears to have been done in 2012. Here's an article from The New Yorker. I haven't had a chance to read the full article, but it discusses opening the vaults and the jewels and other artifacts that were in the vaults.
in this case, the supreme god Vishnu—resides within the temple’s walls. Deities can actually own property in India, though the law treats them as minors and they must be represented by an official guardian.
data5091
Corrrect me if wrong, but wasn't Kerala, the place in India that had the "blood rain" some years back? Interesting, esp. if true.
The much-anticipated opening of two vaults (kallaras) inside Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple here, which were supposedly last opened more than a century ago, had an anti-climactic ending on Wednesday with one vault being nearly empty and the other proving inaccessible beyond a point.
xuenchen
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You know the old saying...
The best way to hide the truth is to *make sure* it gets sold as a myth or legend.
All vaults except the one marked 'B' have been examined by a Supreme Court-appointed team, and today's warnings are against opening the final vault. The diviners have warned that only the deity has powers over the chamber and that anyone who dares open the 'B' vault will pay a very heavy price, including deaths in the family by snake bites. Astrologers who conducted the deva prasnam, led by Madhur Ranganatha Bhat, said the entire clan of those who dare open the final vault would be wiped out.
captb13
reply to post by Char-Lee
"The only Faux News Source you can Trust"
Right underneath The Sage at the top.
On the 5th of Makaram ME 925 (AD 1750), Marthanda Varma made over his whole kingdom to Perumal Sree Padmanabhaswamy and assumed its management as a vassal of the deity. He and his successors assumed the role and title of Sree Padmanabhadasa. History bears testimony to the fact that they lived up to this self-imposed role.
The coins struck immediately thereafter bore the device of the deity.
During his service as an IPS officer, Mr. Sundara Rajan had a stint in the Intelligence Bureau and was also part of the security staff of the former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi. He died after the opened vaults were inventoried, no mention of vault B.
t was a petition filed by Mr. Sundara Rajan, a former IPS officer and lawyer, that led to the Supreme Court directive to open the temple vaults and the subsequent discovery of a treasure trove of gold and other valuables.
He was one of the seven members of the committee appointed by the court to oversee the opening of the vaults.
Mr. Sundara Rajan's petition and his role in the opening of the temple vaults had led to a hostile reaction from a section of devotees and some organisations.
Interesting further, is that he's dead.
Char-Lee
A secret thread all my own, where i can talk to myself!
Something very interesting, the whole reason the vaults were opened at all and brought to the government attention was through this guy. So he worked for their intelligence bureau and was a lawyer.
During his service as an IPS officer, Mr. Sundara Rajan had a stint in the Intelligence Bureau and was also part of the security staff of the former Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi. He died after the opened vaults were inventoried, no mention of vault B.
t was a petition filed by Mr. Sundara Rajan, a former IPS officer and lawyer, that led to the Supreme Court directive to open the temple vaults and the subsequent discovery of a treasure trove of gold and other valuables.
He was one of the seven members of the committee appointed by the court to oversee the opening of the vaults.
Mr. Sundara Rajan's petition and his role in the opening of the temple vaults had led to a hostile reaction from a section of devotees and some organisations.
mysterioustranger
reply to post by Char-Lee
Whats ridiculous? Is that here we are (me too for that matter) discussing and responding to a fake story proven a hoax.
And still some people down the posts missed that important point...and continue on discussing it!
Have we got nothing better to discuss, learn and relate to but hoaxes?
Well it is a really interesting story. I'll have to set some time aside to dig into it a bit.
Char-Lee
reply to post by Bilk22
I wish I would have started this in a forum where I could just see someone discuss the facts of it, a shame really all anyone needs to do to discredit anything is add a false name and print it up on a hoax website. There is much in the story of interest and the history of India.