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History of Padmanabhaswamy Temple Trivandrum
The history of Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple dates back to 8th Century. References to the temple can be found in the Divya Prabandha canon of literature written by Tamil Alwar. Alvars are the Tamil Saint poets who lived between the sixth and ninth centuries AD. References to Sri Padmanabha Temple is also said to have in the Brahma Purana, Padma Purana, Varaha Purana, and Vayu Purana. One of the twelve Alvars, Nammalvar (8th Century) had created four slokas and one phalasruthi about Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple.
Major Renovation of Temple by Marthanda Varma
It is believed that Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple and its properties were maintained by Ettuveetil Pillamar – the eight powerful Nair feudal lords of ancient Travancore. Later His Royal Highness Sree Marthanda Varma Anizham Thirunal suppressed the Ettuveetil Pillais and his cousins and took over the control of the temple. Marthanda Varma has done a major renovation to the temple and it is said that the current structure of Padmanabhaswamy temple was made by the King.
Murajapam and Bhadra Deepam Introduced in Temple
It was Marthanda Varma who introduced the Murajapam and Bhadra Deepam festival in the temple. Murajapam, which literally means continuous chanting of prayers, is still conducted in the temple once in 6 years. Murajapam is performed when 12 Bhadradeepam joins.
Travancore was dedicated to Sree Padmanabhaswamy in 1750
In 3rd January 1750, Maharajah 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 then the name of every Travancore King was preceded by the title Padmanabha Dasa, while the female were called Padmanabha Sevinis. The donation of the kingdom of Travancore to Padmanabhaswamy was known as “Thripadidanam”. After dedicating the kingdom to the Lord, Marthanda Varma was known as Sripadmanabha Vanchipala Marthandavarma Kulasekaraperumal. By giving the Kingdom to Lord Padmanabha, the whole Travancore state became the property of Sree Padmanabhaswamy, and hence it is very appropriate to call Kerala as “God’s Own Country” or Sree Padmanabhaswamy’s Own Country.
Travancore Kings after Marthanda Varma
After the death of Marthanda Varma in 1758, all the succeeded Kings of Travancore took great care in continuing the daily poojas and ceremonies of Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple intact and also rule the kingdom as Padmanabha Dasa. The successors of Marthanda Varma was Dharma Raja, Balarama Varma, Gowri Lakshmi Bayi, Gowri Parvati Bayi, Swathi Thirunal, Uthram Thirunal, Ayilyam Thirunal, Visakham Thirunal, Moolam Thirunal, Sethu Lakshmi Bayi, and Chithira Thirunal. The present head of the Travancore Royal Family, Sri Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma also keeps the words of Marthanda Varma and is very loyal to Sree Padmanabhaswamy and maintains the temple rituals and ceremonies intact.
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India’s Richest Temple - Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple Gets World Attention
It would not be a tongue slip if sree padmanabhaswamy temple in thiruvananthapuram to be called as ‘India’s richest temple’. Sree padmanabhaswamy temple situated in the heart of thiruvananthapuram, kerala would really find place in history to be tagged as the richest temple in India as vast treasure of gold was retrieved from one of the ancient temple in kerala. According to sources gold treasure was recovered from the old temple. A panel of 7 members appointed by the Hon.Supreme Court following a petition moved by advocate T. Sundararajan.
The team of members had been in the temple for estimating the value of the gold treasure found inside the temple for the past one week. As the team of members were searching for the list of assets of the ancient Lord Vishnu Temple, it is said that they were mesmerized seeing the sight of the huge treasure grove in front of them. As per estimated value of the asset till Saturday, 2nd June 2011, the value of the assets will mount to worth of Rs 90000 Crore(around US$22.3 billion).
If any one ask you ‘Which is the richest temple in the india’, don’t hesitate to say that india's richest temple is Sree padmanabhaswamy temple, thiruvananthapuram in kerala, India. Amazing facts from the temple explores that there are still more unearthed treasures hidden in the temple.
Even the natives of thiruvanthapuram might have not dreamt of how a temple situated near to them would become much popular in a day. It’s not night mare, its real time fact which reveals the story of unearthed gold treasures hidden inside the sree padmanabaswamy temple which had been amazing the world for the past one week.
Credited with the title ‘The richest temple in india, sree padmanabhaswamy temple’, thiruvanthapuram in kerala has gone to fame in a week time. Being one of the oldest temple in kerala with lot of historical records, the temple got a wide spread global attention with the revealing facts which first seemed to be like a fairy tail. But when reports came up about the unearthed treasures which were being discovered, the world turned the face to know about the hidden truth behind the vast amount of wealth which was recovered from the temple site.
For a person who had studied history, temples were places of not only worship but also a place where lies long stories of the past. The in famous sree padmanabha temple in the heart of the capital city of kerala, thiruvanathapuram has been one the most popular temple which had attracted many people because its historical importance. But now the temple has brought popularity not only to the country but also for those who love to know the historical importance of the temple.
Kerala is one the state in India which has a long run history of kings, temples and much more historical monuments. The present discoveries reveal that the temple has hidden a vast amount of wealth which was unknown for centuries.
Finding from Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple
Among the gold treasure the following precious items were retrieved.
• Antique gold ornaments
• Golden idol of Mahavishnu worth Rs. 500 Crore
• Diamonds and other precious stones
• Golden Crowns
• Golden Bow
• 17 kg of gold coins(dating back to the East India Company period)
• Gold in shape of rice trinkets(Weighing one tonne)
• 18 feet long golden necklace weighing 2.5 kg
• Sack full of Diamonds
• Thousands of pieces of antique jewellery studded with diamonds and emeralds
• Golden Vessels
Its true that the temple is having much more to discover. The panel of team will reopen their search only after a discussion to be held on 8th july regarding the opening on the much expected chamber B as the world is expecting some wonderful objects to be recovered as per sources the team is to open the most important Chamber B which would bring wonders to the eyes of the world.
Rs 90000 Crore Gold Treasure found in Kerala Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple as on Sunday
Around 90,000 crore worth treasure (Nidhi) has been found in the secret cellars of the famous Kerala Temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu - Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Trivandrum (Thiruvananthapuram). The 7 member paper appointed by the Supreme Court of India, has been preparing the list of valuable found in the cellars of Sri Padmanabhaswami Temple. The temple has 6 Secret Cellars (Nilavara – a place to keep assets safe) from Cellar A to Cellar F. Opening of each of these chambers is revealing a virtual treasure trove with precious diamonds, golden ornaments, emeralds, jewelleries, rare antique silver and brass platters and golden idols. An estimation of above 90,000 crore treasure was valued at the completion of the 6th day of valuing the assets of Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
Golden idol of Mahavishnu worth Rs. 500 Crore
The main treasure found on the 6th day was a one foot (12 angulams) height golden idol of Lord Mahavishnu and a 30 kg golden ‘anki’. This golden idol of Lord Vishnu is believed to be the replica of the ‘utsava vigraham' used in the temple. The golden idol of Padmanabhaswamy studded with more than 1000 previous stones is valued to around Rs. 500 Crore. Another golden idol of Lord Sree Krishna was also found which weighs around 5 kg.
Golden Coins, Ornaments, and Human figurine
everal golden coins were also unearthed yesterday which are believed to be issued during the reign of Krishnadeva Rayar in the 16th century AD. Numerous golden ornaments which were used to adorn the main deity were also found in the Vault marked A. Ornaments studded with emeralds were also found on Saturday. Numerous golden human figurine weighing 1 kg, golden bangles, golden rope, are other interesting treasure found in the Vishnu Temple.
Golde Coconut Shells
Cellar B To Open on Monday
Cellar B is the remaining one secret vault which is yet to be inventoried. It is said that this cellar haven’t been opened for more than 100 years. The remaining articles in Cellar A will be inventoried on Monday afternoon and Cellar B will be opened only after that.
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