___TEMPLE OF GOLD___
Padmanabhaswamy temple
"Vishnu
Temple" · Thiruvananthapuram(Trivandrum), Kerala, India
The principal deity Vishnu is
enshrined in the "Anantha Sayanam" posture, the eternal yogic sleep on the serpent
Adisheshan. Sree Padmanabhaswamy is the tutelary deity of the
royal family of Travancore. The titular Maharaja of Travancore Moolam Thirunal Rama Varma is
the trustee of the temple as Sree Padmanabhadasa, the slave of Lord Padmanabha.
In line with the Temple Entry Proclamation,
only those who profess the Hindu faith are permitted entry to the temple and
devotees have to strictly follow the dress code.
Travancore
Royal Family
In the first half of
the 18th century, in line with matrilineal customs,
Anizham Thirunal Marthanda Varma, succeeded
his uncle Rama Varma as king at the age of 23. He successfully suppressed the
700-year-old stranglehold of the Ettuveetil Pillamar ("Lords
of the Eight Houses") and his cousins following the discovery of
conspiracies which the lords were involved in against the royal house of
Travancore.
The last major renovation
of the Padmanabhaswamy temple commenced immediately after Anizham Thirunal's
accession to the musnud and the idol was reconsecrated in 906 ME (1731 CE).
On 17 January 1750, Anizham Thirunal surrendered the kingdom of Travancore to
Padmanabha Swamy, the deity at the temple, and pledged that he and his
descendants would be vassals or agents of the deity who would serve the kingdom
as Padmanabha
Dasa.
Vault B
Among the six vaults in the temple, Kallara B
is very closely associated with Lord Sree Padmanabha and is not part of the
Temple Treasury. There are some unconfirmed rumors, that on the orders of
Maharaja Sri Chithira
Thirunal Balarama Varma, the outermost ante-chamber of Kallara B was
opened in 1931. In 2011, it was opened by the Observers appointed by the
Supreme Court of India. But the observers did not open the inner chamber
which possibly houses a Srichakram, an idol of Padmanabha and countless
valuables meant to enhance the potency of the Presiding Deity. Moreover Devas,
Rishis and Kanjirottu
Yakshi reside in the inner chamber worshipping the Supreme
Lord.The enchanting and ferocious forms of Kanjirottu Yakshi are painted on the
south-west part of the main Sanctum. Lord Ugra Narasimha of
Thekkedom is believed to be the Protector of Vault B .
They have discovered under 20
feet of the ground approximately $ 22 BILLION WORTH OF HIGHLY VALUABLE
GOLD in the form of, diamond jewellary, golden utencils, weapons,
goden idols, golden elephents idols and diamond necklaces having 500 kilograms
weight and 18 feet lentgh and bags full of golden coins of different nations, including NAPOLEON and ITALIAN coins.
This chamber is being considered by the Trust members and other learned Astrologers of India, as highly mysterious, sacred and risky and dangerous to unveil it. Because the steel door of the Chamber-B is having two big COBRA PORTRAITS on it and this door as no nuts, bolts or other latches.
It is considered to be fixed to the secret
chamber with the‘NAGA BANDHAM’ or ‘NAGA PAASAM’ ‘MANTRAS’ by the then ‘SIDDA
PURASHAS’ who lived during the reign ofKING MARTHANDAVARMA in the
16th CENTURY.
If ‘GARUDA MANTRA’ is chanted
by any powerful ‘SADHU’ or ‘YOGI’ or ‘MANTRIKA’ the
door proceeds to automatically open and no human effort is needed toopen it in
any other way.
Vault “B” was
left for last
When it came to opening the vault “B”, it had been sealed shut with a
heavy solid cast iron door without a latch. The only known method of opening
the vault was recorded in religious doctrine by using a chant known as the
Garuda mantra, similar to the “Hollywood” verbal magic phrase known as “open sesame.” However, no member of the Royal Family
nor the shrine priests claimed to know the mantra.
Under the protests of the Royal Family and the priests,
entry was gained through force and what was found inside has the temple
authorities demanding the removal of all visitors, military, and government
officials.
According to an Austrian Journalist Reinhardt
Smueller, inside the vault was found a dark grey, very smooth elongated
capsule, with no discerning opening. Propped up against the capsule were seven
human mummified remains. The human remains showed no signs of violent death,
and appeared to be dressed in a thick material with the consistency of silk.
The silk itself showed no signs of decay.
What has the authorities very concerned is that the
object has an almost inaudible low frequency hum. Further, attempts to see
inside the capsule were impossible. It was hoped that a fibre optic camera
could be used to see inside, but attempts to drill a small hole into the
surface proved the capsule to be impenetrable. Another concern is that the
capsule itself has no magnetic properties, but is warm to the touch.
Authorities are not speculating as to what the
unidentified object is inside vault “B”,
but Smueller was quick to point out that ancient Hindu art dating back to to
the 4th century BCE depicts a similar object in the skies above the temples. “The object is so strange looking it
just does not seem to be something that man made, especially by any ancient
society,” concluded Smueller.