List of Treasure Found in Six Hidden rooms in Padmnabhaswamy temple estimated to be more than Rs.1 Lakh Crore

Currently media has reported that ancient Shri Padmnabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram is the richest in the world.
Treasure estimated at over Rs. 1 lakh Crore has been found in five of the six chambers of the 16th century temple.


Shri Padmnabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram houses a sleeping idol of Lord Vishnu.
Padmanabhaswamy, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu, is the presiding deity at the temple.

January 31 Kerala High Court ordered that state should take over the trust and management of the temple after that the heir of erstwhile king of Travancore Raja Rama Varma filed a petition challenging this order.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that unearthing process of treasure trove inside Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerala should be filmed and photographed.

It’s said that after 150 Years on the orders of Supreme Court of India the vaults were opened.

The chambers were opened on the instructions of the Supreme Court after a city lawyer alleged poor security and mismanagement by the trust that handles the temple.

As per law deity is the owner of this all treasure found in a temple.

Supreme Court has appointed a seven-member panel to generate an inventory of the temple's underground rooms, chambers leading to the discovery of a vast hidden collection of riches.
The panel is preparing an inventory list of all the valuables inside six different chambers.

The members include 2 former Kerala High Court Judges; representatives of government and the royal family trust which runs the temple are also present.

First panel will make an inventory, it will be given to Supreme Court of India and then the real value of each item will be finalized and we will come to know exact figure.

It’s good that Supreme Court of India is monitoring the treasure; otherwise we do not trust anyone.

Supreme Court Bench of justice R V Raveendran and justice A K Patnaik asked the Archaeological Survey of India [ASI] to suggest the steps that can be taken to protect the treasure and also where it can be safely kept.


Below is the list of items, list of treasure in five chambers of ancient Shri Padmnabhaswamy temple

Treasure worth Rs. 100,000 Crore was recently found in secret chambers on temple land.

1. Crowns of erstwhile kings

2. 17 kg of gold coins

3. 18 feet long Sharapoli mala (necklace) weighing 2.5 kg

4. Gold ropes

5. Sack full of diamonds

6. Thousands of pieces of antique jewellery

7. Golden vessels

8. Donations made by traders, pilgrims and various royal families

9. Executive Officer at Sri Padmnabhaswamy Temple VK Harikumar said precious materials including rare and valuable gems have been found in these chambers especially in chamber A which is centuries old.

10. The treasure is now worth Rs. 1 lakh Crore and counting

11. Antique gold ornaments

12. Belgian gems including diamonds, navaratnas

13. Antique coins from Rome

14. Gold coins of the East India Company

15. Idol of Lord Vishnu made of gold and precious stones

16. Grains of gold

17. Gold medallions

18. Gold scepters

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Supreme Court Restrains government from appointing tribal’s as special police officers, Salwa Judum" to counter fight against Maoists

The petition was filed in Court by sociologist Nandini Sundar, historian Ramachandra Guha, former bureaucrat E A S Sarma and others seeking a direction to the state government to refrain from allegedly supporting Salwa Judum.



The court order came in the wake of this petition filed by Nandini Sundar.

According to media reports even minors were appointed as SPO.

A Supreme Court bench comprising justices B Sudershan Reddy and S S Nijjar said that
The appointment of tribal youths as the special police officers SPOs is 'unconstitutional.

The special police officers have been given the name Koya Commandos after that of a tribe in the Dantewada region.

The bench ordered that Chhattisgarh government and the Centre should desist from appointing the tribal’s as Special Police Officers (SPOs) and arming them for countering the Naxals in any manner directly or indirectly.

The court directed the Chhattisgarh government to recover all the firearms given to SPOs along with the ammunition. It directed the central government to ensure that its finances are not used for funding such illegal activities.

State government had appointed more than 4500 tribal youths as Special police officers taken from "Salwa Judum" or "Peace March" movement started by the State government in 2005.

The court had also questioned the training programme of the SPOs.

State government paid them only monthly salary of Rs.1500 that is monthly salary of only $ 30 to $35 American dollars.

During the hearing Court said that "You are playing with the so called SPOs. What will happen if they turn against the state? God save this country,"

Swami Agnivesh was attacked by a group of people - allegedly consisting of SPOs and Salwa Judum volunteers - when he was visiting a Naxal region near Dantewada with activists of the Art of Living of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar.

The issue of attack on Swami Agnivesh was brought before the court in the month of April this year.

Bench ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into an attack on social activist Swami Agnivesh in a tribal area of the state March 23, 2011.


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Supreme Court Appoints SIT Special Investigation Team to probe black money

The Supreme Court appointed a two-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the black money issue.
Supreme Court appointed a two-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by former apex court judge BP Jeevan Reddy and former Supreme Court judge MB Shah to investigate the black money issue.
The team will also include chiefs of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and Research and Analysis Wing (RAW).


A bench comprising Justices B. Sudershan Reddy and S.S. Nijjar directed that the High-Level Committee (HLC) constituted by the government to look into the issue of black money would “forthwith” be a part of the SIT.

Government had constituted HLC headed by the Revenue Secretary.
It included directors of CBI, Intelligence Bureau, Enforcement Directorate, Chairman of CBDT, and Director General of Revenue Intelligence, Director General of Narcotics Control, Director of Foreign Intelligence Office (FIO) and Joint Secretary of Foreign Trade.

The Supreme Court bench also directed the government to disclose the names of all the persons who have been issued show cause notices by the authorities in connection with the probe into the black money issue.
The bench directed the government to issue notification forthwith regarding the appointment of SIT and ordered that government machinery to cooperate with it.

Former Supreme Court judge BP Jeevan Reddy will head the SIT team.
SIT will find the black money kept outside India and then SIT will bring it back that money.

Justice Jeevan Reddy had been elevated to the apex court in October 1991 and retired in March 1997.
Justice M.B. Shah had become an apex court judge in December 1998 and retired in September 2003.


The bench while hearing the petition said that,
We must express serious reservation on the steps taken by the government...It’s clear to us that investigation was completely stalled and expedited only after the court’s intervention.

“It was only upon this court’s insistence that proper investigation was conducted,” the bench said while referring to Pune stud farm owner Hasan Ali Khan’s case.

The court passed the order on a petition filed by eminent jurist Ram Jethmalani and others seeking directions to the government to track black money stashed away abroad and bring it back.


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