Temple treasure: A year later, still no clue on real worth

It was exactly a year ago that Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple revealed its treasures to the world. What was only a myth till then turned into reality, leaving the devotees, public and the government guessing about the wealth and the security of the temple. A year later, the inventorying is still on, security an ever-debated topic and the temple a much-googled item.


 Presently, the expert team engaged in inventorying is making use of a gem-tester from Germany trying to value the riches in the vaults. There is also a debate raging as to whether the CD of the video recordings of the inventorying should be stored in the temple or moved to a bank locker.


 The meeting of the expert committee and overseeing committee, scheduled for June 29, might throw up an answer to the dilemma. Temple executive officer V K Harikumar, also a member of the expert committee, confirmed that the issue will be included as an agenda in the upcoming meeting. ”The issue over storage of CDs would be one among the many other topics that will be discussed,” he said.