India is really proud to state that the world's Richest Temple is in Kerala, a small state in South India. Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala has become the Richest Temple and religious centre in the world when a hidden treasure Worth billions of dollars was discovered in this south Indian Temple few years back.
The value of the treasure that was fond inside the sree padmanabha swamy temple was estimated to be around us $26.96 billion. The Treasure and valuable that was discovered are assumed to have been in the Temple for hundreds of years.
The history of sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple dates back to 8th century. It is one of the 108 scared Vishnu Temple or Divya Desams in India. Divya Desams are holiest abodes of the Lord Vishnu that are mentioned in the works of the Tamil Azhvars (saints).The presiding deity of the Temple is Lord Mahavishnu, reclining on Ananta, hooded serpent.
Marthanda varma, noted among Travancore king did a major renovation to the Temple and it resulted in the present day structure of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple. It was Marthanda varma who introduced the Murajapam and Bhadra Deepam festivals in the Temple. Murajapam , which literally means continues chanting of prayers, Is still conducted in Temple once in six years.
In 1750, Marthanda Varma dedicated the kingdom of Travancore to Lord Padmanabha.
Marthanda varma vowed that the royal family will rule the state on behalf of Lord and he and his descendants Would serve the kingdom as Padmanabha Dasa or the servant of Lord padmanabha.
Since the name of every Travancore king was preceded by the little padhmanabha Dasa.
The Idol
The idol of the presiding deity of the sree padhmanabhaswamy Temple is noted for its composition, which has 12008 salagramamams, which were brought from Nepal, taken from the banks if river Gandhaki.
THE SECRET CHAMBERS OF SREE PADMANABHASWAMY TEMPLE.
Were opened in orders to inspect the items kept inside them. The chambers were opened following the orders for the supreme court and special commission was appointed to check them.The search for the treasure was started on June 27 th 2011, This Temple has 6 cellars named A to F out of which A and B was kept unopened for mor than past several centuries. The cellar that was opened first was the C chamber which was usually opened during festivals and important days.it contained golden and silver pots and other utensils made of gold and silver and are estimated to be worth around Rs 5000 Crore .
The chambers that were opened after that were the D and f cellars.
These chambers also included ornaments, crowns etc..Made of gold, silver and precious stone and worth 1500 crores. The chamber D was opened 5 times in a year on
The occasion of various festivals.
The chamber that was opened after the first three is the cellar A.
There were several precious objects found in this chamber which includes precious stones such as ruby, Emerald etc.., coins used in Napoleon Era, coins of East India company, a gold Idol of Lord Mahavishnu embedded with thousands of diamonds which alone worth 500 crores, a 5 kg sree Krishna idol made of gold, gold and silver coins, ornaments, etc. The Treasure from cellar A alone account s to more than 95,000 crores, after the estimation of the treasure from 4 chambers was done, sree padmanabha swamy temple become the Richest Temple in world. The chamber E that was opened after chamber A contained items which were used for daily poojas in the Temple . ornaments worn on the idol of the Lord and other articles
Kept inside this cellar worth around 25000 crores.These ornaments are worn on the idol of sree Padmanabhaswamy on festivals and important days which are taken out from this cellar for such occasion. so the estimation of the articles in this chamber was easier.
The chamber B is The Largest and
Most Important among all the chambers which is not yet opened. As of now after opening 5 out of 6
Chambers, value of the treasure
is estimated to be more than 1.26 lakh crores. The correct estimation of the treasure has not yet been confirmed. At present, the current market value of the items has alone been estimated. If the antique value is also taken into account then the value will be 10 times the current
estimated value. The actual values of most of the precious stones are yet to be determined.
* Gold coins dating back thousands of years
*Nine foot log Gold necklaces weighing 5.5 Pounds
*one ton of gold in the shape of rice trinkets
*sack full of diamonds
*Thousands of pieces of antique jewelry studded with diamonds and emeralds
*37 pounds of gold coins from the East India company
*18 coins from the time of Napoleon
*Precious stone wrapped in silk bundles
*Sovereigns bearing a seal from 1772
*Golden idol of Lord Mahavishnu and 30 kg golden 'anki'
*golden elephant status, thousands of ancient gold ornaments, golden umbrellas, golden rope, golden coconut shells, precious Belgium Diamonds, Indraneelam, emeralds, rubies, famous golden crown known as kulashekharaperumal Crown...
*Krishnadeva Rayar in the 16th century AD .numerous golden ornaments which were used to adorn the main deity were also found in the vault.
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