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Monday, July 4, 2011
Indian police are struggling to improve safety in a temple in the southwestern U.S. state of Kerala, where the hidden treasure has been discovered. Supreme Court appointed observers are being sent to the inventory of the find, which includes precious objects from centuries of history of India. A discussion is brewing about how wealth should be preserved and used.
Treasury report read like a Hollywood, Bollywood or script - bags of gold, diamonds, and documentation of precious statues from centuries of trade and religion in South India.
Estimates of the value of the find have been fired from a conservative figure of 500 million immediately after its discovery for many billions of dollars in a matter of days. Much of the margin of difference in the estimates is related to the inestimable value of some elements, like an idol of gold inlaid with gems of the Hindu deity Vishnu.
The treasure was found in the underground vaults at the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple, which was the actual place of worship of the ancient rulers of Travancore, in the southern state of Kerala.
What most can agree that the temple is Sree Padmanabhaswamy is on track to be the richest of India's place of worship. The piles of treasures were found last week buried in the sand after church officials discovered secret underground passages beneath the property.
M. Abraham, Police Commissioner of Thiruvananthapuram city, where the temple, were quick to establish a security perimeter around the treasure.
He says we are publishing special armed police around the temple, and maintain security.
CCTV cameras and other high-tech tools are expected to be permanent fixtures on the site of the temple.
Rich temples are not uncommon in India, where customers and devotees have made offers for centuries. The sudden discovery of vast wealth of this temple has generated discussion of what could be otherwise used in India, where hundreds of millions of people live on less than a dollar a day.
Oommen Chandy, Chief Minister of Kerala, says that the wealth stays where it is.
He says that the treasure belongs to Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple and state government provide security and protect the temple.
The temple is managed by a trust with links to family history of Kerala real. Biraj Patnaik, a commissioner of the Supreme Court of India, describes the treasure as purely "fictitious wealth".
"There is no doubt that the money is used. It's only going to be there. At best, it could be exhibited in museums and stuff," said Patnaik.
Patnaik said that even if the church wanted to convert some of the treasures into cash, doing so would be impractical.
"This is covered under the Antiquities Act, so you can not export. In any case, is cumbersome for a trust to sell all his possessions, unless it dissolves. And that's not a possibility in this case "Patnaik said.
Supreme Court appointed a team of researchers has been sent to the temple to make a formal inventory of the Treasure Cove.
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Treasury report read like a Hollywood, Bollywood or script - bags of gold, diamonds, and documentation of precious statues from centuries of trade and religion in South India.
Estimates of the value of the find have been fired from a conservative figure of 500 million immediately after its discovery for many billions of dollars in a matter of days. Much of the margin of difference in the estimates is related to the inestimable value of some elements, like an idol of gold inlaid with gems of the Hindu deity Vishnu.
The treasure was found in the underground vaults at the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple, which was the actual place of worship of the ancient rulers of Travancore, in the southern state of Kerala.
What most can agree that the temple is Sree Padmanabhaswamy is on track to be the richest of India's place of worship. The piles of treasures were found last week buried in the sand after church officials discovered secret underground passages beneath the property.
M. Abraham, Police Commissioner of Thiruvananthapuram city, where the temple, were quick to establish a security perimeter around the treasure.
He says we are publishing special armed police around the temple, and maintain security.
CCTV cameras and other high-tech tools are expected to be permanent fixtures on the site of the temple.
Rich temples are not uncommon in India, where customers and devotees have made offers for centuries. The sudden discovery of vast wealth of this temple has generated discussion of what could be otherwise used in India, where hundreds of millions of people live on less than a dollar a day.
Oommen Chandy, Chief Minister of Kerala, says that the wealth stays where it is.
He says that the treasure belongs to Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple and state government provide security and protect the temple.
The temple is managed by a trust with links to family history of Kerala real. Biraj Patnaik, a commissioner of the Supreme Court of India, describes the treasure as purely "fictitious wealth".
"There is no doubt that the money is used. It's only going to be there. At best, it could be exhibited in museums and stuff," said Patnaik.
Patnaik said that even if the church wanted to convert some of the treasures into cash, doing so would be impractical.
"This is covered under the Antiquities Act, so you can not export. In any case, is cumbersome for a trust to sell all his possessions, unless it dissolves. And that's not a possibility in this case "Patnaik said.
Supreme Court appointed a team of researchers has been sent to the temple to make a formal inventory of the Treasure Cove.
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