The staggering wealth discovered inside the secret vault of the Sri Ananda Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Thiruvanathapuram has brought back images of wealth of Indian shrines. An ancient tradition of making donations to the temples has meant that these temples are flush with wealth.
A look at the some of the richest of Indian shrines…
Tirumala Tirupati Venkateswara Temple, Tirupati Ballaji, Andhra Pradesh
Donations: Rs 650 crore (2010-11)
Reserve of five tonnes of gold
Rs 560 crore in fixed deposits
Deity clad in 1000 kg gold
Shirdi Sai Baba Temple, Shirdi, Maharashtra
Donations every year: Rs 350 crore (approx)
Ornaments and jewellery worth Rs 32 crore (approx)
Investments: Rs 427 crore
Siddhivinayak Temple, Mumbai
Siddhi Vinayak Trust Income: Rs 48 crore (2010-11)
Fixed Deposits: Rs 125 crore
Sri Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple), Amritsar
Gold plating on the Harmandir Sahib
Inside Harmandir Sahib: inlay work in silver and gold
Palanquin that bears Adi Granth: set with precious stones and has silver poles and a gold canopy
Trust pays for food: 40,000 visitors per day
Vaishno Devi Temple, Jammu
Daily Income of Shrine board: Rs 40 crore
Annual income Shrine board: Rs 500 crore
Guruvayur Temple, Guruvayur, Kerala
Guruvayur Devaswom Board: 230 acres of land
Guruvayur Devaswom Board: corpus of Rs 400 crore
Hundi collection per month: Rs. 2.5 crore
Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Thiruvananthapuram
Treasure worth: Rs 1 lakh crore (approx)
Other notable mentions would include:
Jagannath Temple, Puri
Meenakshi Temple, Madurai
Amarnath Shrine, Kashmir
Friday, July 8, 2011
Temple Treasure: Richest Temples of India!
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1 comments:
Why such a huge palace built with looted public wealth when your ultimate and the right destination is Tihar jail.It is better to build a palatial jail.Shame on you and those around you. And shame on the Establishment which is protecting people like you.
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