Friday, September 23, 2011: Clarifying his government’s stand on the
issue of Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple assets, Chief Minister Oommen
Chandy said that the treasure found in temple vaults belongs to the
shrine and it should be kept there itself.
“The treasure unearthed from temple vaults belongs to the temple. As
far as possible, it should be kept at the temple itself. This is the
government’s stand,” Chandy told reporters here.
Welcoming today’s Supreme Court order, the Chief Minister said the
state government would provide all security to the temple to protect its
assets.
The Supreme Court today said the vault ‘B’ of the Sree
Padmanabhaswamy Temple will be opened only after substantial work
regarding documentation and preservation of assets unearthed from other
‘kalaras’ (vaults) of the shrine is completed.
A bench headed by justice R V Raveendran also turned down the plea of
an expert committee to hand over the security of the temple to Central
paramilitary forces and directed the state government to provide
foolproof cover to the temple to protect its assets which are estimated
to be over Rs 1.50 lakh crore.
Chandy said a technical committee formed to give a detailed report on
the new technology required for the protection of the assets will meet
on Monday in his presence.
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