Be it Tirupati or Thiruvananthapuram or Puri, the most famous pilgrimage centres are dazzling people today with their amazing Kanaka, Vajra and Vaidhuryadi treasures. These temples have a history of hundreds of years. The above three have withstood the test of time thousands of years ago. In 2016, the World Gold Council estimated that 22,000 tonnes of gold was stored in Indian temples. Counting other precious diamonds, diamonds, emeralds, emeralds, emeralds and antiquities, it is impossible to say where it stops.
If you ask why the ancestors preserved such precious treasures in the temples, many things will be known. For example, the treasures hidden in the basement of the Anantha Padmanabha Swamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram were acquired by the erstwhile Travancore royal family through foreign trade, taxes and other methods. Temples in those days were not only spiritual centres but also social and educational centres. There were going on discussions. Education was provided. There were various social activities. That is why the ancient temples are said to have been built in a very large area.
As far as Tirupati Swamy is concerned, there are 7,000 acres of land in different states of the country and there are cash bank deposits of Rs 16,000 crore. The total value of these properties is Rs 2.26 lakh crore. But gold, silver and other precious metals are different. Our Seven Kondala Swami was the number one in wealth till Anantha Padmanabha Swami opened his basement treasures. The temples of Vaishno Devi, Siddhivinayak Swami (Mumbai), Shirdi Saibaba, Guruvayur, Puri Jagannath Swami and Somnath are some of the richest spiritual centres in the country. And there are many more besides.
When the rulers of the time gave donations to the temples, the inscriptions related to them were necessarily made. Other kings used to give them precious gifts when they visited the temple. In the ancient Tamil poem Silappadigaram, the Chera king Sengottaiyan was mentioned as having been given gold gifts in the temple of Anantha Padmanabha Swamy. Non-Hindus are not allowed to enter temples like Thiruvananthapuram and Puri for hundreds of years. Perhaps the motive behind it is that the places of wealth should not be known to others. Recently, we saw the reopening of the Ratna Bhandar of Lord Jagannath in the Puri area after 46 years. In the case of gold, our Ananta Padmanabha Swami and Tirupati Swami are far superior level, but the temple of Lord Jagannath has 30,000 acres of land in various places of the country.
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