The Thiruvananthapuram Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple is making headlines for the past one week on account of the vast treasure found in its secret vaults. It is natural for everyone to get curious about the temple and its invaluable treasure which was lying unknown to the world all these days.

So far 5 secret chambers have been opened and a detailed inventory of the contents of the chambers is prepared by the expert committee appointed by the Supreme Court. According to sources, the committee was stunned by what it found in the secret vault marked A. There were close to 1000 kg of gold coins, some of these from the East India Company era and Napolean's period, about 1 tonne of gold in the form of rice trinkets, sack full of diamonds said to be from Burma and Sri Lanka, a rope made of gold and thousands of pieces of rare 'sarappoli' necklaces. Stock-taking continued on Friday as only 30% of the assets could be counted on Thursday.

Again there were surprises in the form of a three-and-a-half feet tall rare idol of Lord Vishnu studded with diamonds, emeralds and rubies, an 18 feet long ornament used to adorn the deity and weighing 35 kg and 1 feet tall human figurines weighing 1 kg each. There were also coins marked 1772. So far value of the wealth found in the five chambers has been estimated at over Rs 1 lakh crore. The estimates are merely based on the bullion prices and have not taken into account the antique value of the riches. The sixth chamber is expected to contain even more valuable wealth as its door bears the insignia of a "Naga-bandham", which indicates that the chmber contains something which is very valuable or confidential. The committee is still awaiting Supreme Court's clearance to open it.
 

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