Where can you find hidden treasure (hint: underground)?
Talk about an episode right out of Indian Jones (goo.gl/53K1s):
An inventory of what lies beneath the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvananthapuram has resulted in over $11billion in assest consisting of:
| LOCK & KEY |
| * Three sets of golden crowns of the kings of Travacore |
| * Kulasekhrara Perumal crown |
| * Precious stones like pearl, emerald, ruby, sapphire |
| * Heaps of gold shaped like paddy |
| * Around 1,000 Sarappoli chains, longest of which is 18 feet and 4 of these weigh around 2 kg each. Total weight of these, including one of 10 kg, is more than a quintal |
| * Long ropes of gold like the traditional coir rope of Kerala |
| * Diamonds, each costing around Rs 5 crore |
| * Hundreds of golden coins kept in bags and wooden boxes |
| * Pendants and a large number of golden batons |
| * Around 100,000 gold and silver coins |
| * Golden waistbands studded with diamonds,each weighing 2kg |
| * Gold and silver bars weighing 1-2 kg each |
| * Earlier, the panel unearthed gold and silver utensils, crowns, golden umbrellas and pots worth around Rs 10,000 cr |
