New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday appointed a five-member committee to supervise the unearthing and preservation of assets of the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple. The committee will be headed by Director General of National Museum and will consist of representatives of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
The court also asked the media not to speculate on the worth of assets of the temple before its valuation has been completed.
Marthanda Varma, the eldest member of the Travancore royal family, has said that all the treasure that has been unearthed at the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple belongs to the presiding deity.
A seven member committee formed by the apex court has completed the stock taking of five of the six vaults of the temple. The chambers had been kept shut for the last 130 years but were finally opened on June 27, 2011 following a Supreme Court order.
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