Investigators plan to pry open the final vault hidden
deep under the centuries-old
Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple as police guarded
round the clock the shrine where billions of dollars
worth of treasure has been discovered.
Over the last week a seven-member team of investigators
has broken into five of the six secret subterranean vaults piled high with jewels that have laid
untouched for hundreds of years.
PADMANABHASWAMY KSHETRAM
The temple that houses a sleeping idol of Lord Vishnu is the richest temple in the world. Treasure worth Rs 100,000 crore ($ 20,000,000,000) or 20 billiion dollars was recently found in secret chambers on temple land. Golden crowns, 17 kg of gold coins, 18 ft long golden necklace weighing 2.5 kg, gold ropes, sack full of diamonds, thousands of pieces of antique jewellery, and golden vessels were some of the treasures unearthed during the weekend.
Rs. 1 Crore =
The famous pilgrim center of Shri Saibaba temple in Shirdi, one of the richest temples in Maharashtra, has ornaments and jewellery worth over Rs. 32 crore and investments running into Rs. 450 crore according to official documents. The temple trust has gold worth Rs 24.41 crore, silver worth Rs 3.26 crore, silver coins worth Rs 6.12 lakh, gold coins worth Rs 1.288 crore and gold pendants worth Rs. 1.123 crore. Annual revenue of the trust is approximately Rs. 450 crore
MATA VAISHNO DEVI
GURUVAYUR TEMPLE
Run by a nine-member committee under the Kerala Dewaswom Board, the most famous Lord Krishna temple in South India makes Rs. 2.5 crore annually and has approximately Rs. 125 crore in fixed deposits.The most sought after puja at the temple, the Udayaasthamana Puja, has a wait list till the year 2049.The dawn to dusk Puja costs Rs 50,000.
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