THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: For the first time, offering of Pongala on the premises of the Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple has been prohibited. An order in this regard was issued by the Temple Security Wing on Tuesday. However, the devotees who were unaware of the order came to the temple premises from the morning itself and arranged hearths to offer Pongala.The order has been issued as the area near the Sree Padmanabha Swamy...
11:44 AM, Mar 07, 2012
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The C vault of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple here would be opened on Monday for scientific documentation of articles. As per the plan, the documentation process would begin in the presence of expert committee members from 11 a m and would continue till 5 p m.It is learnt that on Monday, the documentation of articles from only C vault would take place and the documentation of articles from E...
08:53 AM, Feb 27, 2012
New Delhi: The mammoth task of sorting out and documenting all the treasure found in Kerala's Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple began on Monday on the orders of the Supreme Court. As a result, rituals at the century old-temple will be affected. It shot into prominence last year after its cellars were opened, and gold ornaments among other treasures were recovered. The evaluation of the treasures in the temple vaults is said...
12:27 PM, Feb 20, 2012
New Delhi: The mammoth task of sorting out and documenting all the treasure found in Kerala's Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple will begin on Monday as ordered by the Supreme Court. As a result, rituals at the century old-temple will be affected. It shot into prominence in 2011 after its cellars were opened, and gold ornaments among other treasures were recovered. The evaluation of the treasures in the temple vaults is said...
08:31 AM, Feb 20, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: It was an eventful year for Kerala as the Congress-led UDF voted out the LDF while discovery of treasures in the vaults of the famed Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple drew worldwide attention to 'God's own country' even as tension with Tamil Nadu over the Mullaperiyar Dam escalated. A gruesome stampede at Pulmedu near Sabarimala hill shrine on Makarsankranthi day claimed lives of 102 pilgrims, most of them from neighbouring Tamil...
12:14 PM, Dec 20, 2011
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: After the treasure trove was unearthed in the Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple, the number of foreign and domestic tourists visiting the temple has increased manifold, making it a hotspot for pilgrimage tourists. The temple administration estimates that there has been a 50 per cent-increase in the devotees, with 75 per cent of them being domestic tourists. As non-Hindus are not allowed to enter the temple, many foreign tourists who...
09:22 AM, Oct 31, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala government has given approval to a five-tier security system for the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple which has huge treasures locked up in its vaults. The hi-tech security system, approved by a high-level meeting of officials and experts called by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Wednesday, took into account all possible dangers to the shrine including theft, sabotage and natural disasters, official sources said. The committee comprises experts from ISRO,...
02:14 PM, Sep 29, 2011
In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy talks about the politics and development in Kerala. ...
11:37 AM, Sep 24, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday gave it's verdict in the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple case and said the vault B of the temple will not be opened till an integrated and multi-layered security cover is provided. The apex court also said they are satisfied with the State Government's assurance to provide security cover for the temple. "The expert committee should go ahead with the preservation and conservation of other...
11:11 AM, Sep 22, 2011
New Delhi: Liz Mathews, appearing for the State of Kerala in the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple case told an apex court bench that an affidavit regarding the security to be provided for the temple had been filed on behalf of the state, adding that the state had its own apprehensions and reservations. However, the expert committee feels otherwise, she said, asking the court to consider reducing the expenditure on security. Justice...
08:27 AM, Sep 17, 2011
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has reserved its order on opening of Vault B of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram till September 21. The court assured the expert committee that tradition would be respected but impractical and superstition will not be taken into account. The expert committee told the Supreme Court on Friday that Vault B of the temple should not be opened till security measures were not in...
02:00 PM, Sep 16, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: Vault B of the Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram may now be opened following a Supreme Court order. CNN-IBN accessed an interim report by an expert committee to the Supreme Court. In its report dated August 23, the committee has given three reasons to open the vault. The reasons are: to ascertain the quantity and quality of valuables for inventory management, to ascertain the condition and structure of the...
08:42 AM, Sep 16, 2011
Thiruvananthapuram: The mystery over what is inside the last unopened vault at Thiruvananthapuram's Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple may just be finally unravelled. CNN-IBN has accessed the report of the expert committee appointed by the Supreme Court which recommends that the vault be opened. The court is expected to pronounce its order on Friday. In its report dated August 23, the committee has given three reasons to open the vault, which are,...
09:15 PM, Sep 15, 2011
CNN-IBN talks to experts about Thiruvananthapuram's Sri Padmanabhaswamy temple vault. ...
09:11 PM, Sep 15, 2011
New Delhi: The panel set up by the Supreme Court on the Padmanabhaswamy Temple treasure in Kerala has said in its report that the temple's secret vault should be opened and the value of the treasure inside be ascertained. In the report of the Supreme Court appointed expert committee accessed by CNN-IBN, the panel has insisted on opening the vault due to security concerns and to evaluate the treasure. The...
09:15 AM, Sep 15, 2011
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