It is unwise to argue that the Sri Padmanabha Swamy temple treasure should be kept idle for years. The huge treasure belongs to all people of the country and not to any Raja, Temple or Hindus. The present day Christians and Muslims have an ancestral history related to Indian Hindus and hence the argument that the whole treasure belongs to Hindus is a non-sense.
By seeing the huge treasure in the temple cellars some have started praising the kings of erstwhile State of Travancore saying that they were magnanimous and great. A reasonable man could not swallow these hollow words because those kings were also human beings with virtues and wickedness like present day ministers. Perhaps this wickedness might have urged them to hide the wealth in the temple cellars of Sri Padmanabhan instead of utilising it for people’s development. And if the Governments of Kerala or India decide to keep the temple’s wealth idle it would finally fall into the hands of thieves. So, it is better to set up a trust to handle this wealth and it should be utilised partly for making a profit and partly for the growth of all people of the state.
K A Solaman
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