Facts

Importanceof the Idol
 


The idol of Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple is made up of 12008 salagramams that compose the reclining lord. They are special because they are from Nepal, from the banks of river Gandhaki and they were brought to the temple with all pomp and gaie ty on elephant top. On top of them "Katusarkara Yogam", Navaratnams, a special Ayurvedic mix, was used to give a plaster. Followers believe that the Lord has personally come in disguise and had saved many
times the Travancore Kingdom from the clutches of enemies.

 

Treasure found in Temple


As per the evaluation of the value of treasures found from the underground cellars of the Sree Padmanabh aswamy Temple there is around 1,00,000 crore rupees (1 Lakh Crore Rupees)There are 6 cellars in the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple that were marked from A to B. Among them the cellars A and B are not opened for past 150 years.Other cellars were containing precious items for festivals, daily poojas .etc.The detailed list of Treasures found in Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple are,

  • 1 Lakh Gold Coins
  • Rare Priceless Gems
  • Precious Diamonds like Indraneelam, Belgium Diamonds,Emeralds, Rubies
  • 1200 Sarappoli Gold Chains Gold Crowns like Kulashekharaperumal Crown which was used by Kings of Travancore.
  • KashuMala (Necklaces)
  • 400 Gold Necklaces with Marathakam stone
  • More than 2000 Gold ornaments
  • Gold Plates (Swarna Thalika)
  • Gold Chains of up to 3 and 10.5 kg and of about 18 ft also Golden Idol of Padmanabha Swamy
  • Swarna(Gold) Dhanuss
  • Swarna(Gold) Pathakams
  • 4 Feet tall Golden statue of Lord Vishnu studded with precious emeralds
  • Gold Staffs,Golden Utensils,Golden Umbrellas (Thankakuda)
  • Gold Pots,Gold Varpu, Uruli (Big Utensil),Gold Kazhuthu Kudam, Kazhuthukootam,KhadikaThadi, Kumbheeyam, Silver Moola Pattika.
  • Gold, Silver Nilavilakku
  • Gold Kindi,Silver, Gold Dharakidaram
  • Kudumudi, Narayam
  • God Shiva Idols made of Gold, Serpents idols in Gold
  • Golden rings, Gold Thali


 

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