NEW DELHI: C V Ananda Bose, former chief of the panel appointed by the Supreme Court to supervise the unearthing and preservation of assets of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, came forward with serious allegations against the Travancore Royal family in connection with the shrine. He said more irregularities were noticed during the tenure of Uthradom Thirunal Marthanda Varma.
Bose said the palace concealed the documents of the temple accounts of 100 years before and there were a deal between the government and palace authorities. The way of handling the temple treasure is mysterious. Precious treasures have been smuggled abroad and then it was replaced by its replica. An expert panel was not able to make a study on the big treasure in the polluted Padmatheertham.
Three sets of keys are there for opening the vaults of the temple and Marthanda Varma was the custodian of it. The royal family has opened the vault which is claimed to have not opened at all, he said.
The revelation of Bose upholds the report of amicus curiae Gopal Subramanyam appointed by the Supreme Court. The amicus curiae had mentioned that gold has been taken out from the temple after mixing it with sand. Following the report, the court had exempted the royal family from the temple administration and appointed a five-member panel led by a district judge to oversee it.
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