THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India, Aug 19 (Reuters) - A stream of bare-chested religious devotees step gingerly through metal detectors at the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple in southern India as armed commandos ...
India, a land of diverse cultures and deep-rooted traditions, is home to nearly 500,000 temples, each carrying immense spiritual and historical significance. These sacred places not only serve as ...
Dedicated to Lord Vishnu in His Anantha Padmanabha form, the Padmanabhaswamy Temple is considered one of the richest and ...
A Hindu temple in southern India was opened Saturday to reveal treasures worth more than $11 billion, according to the state's chief secretary, AFP reports. The Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple was known ...
A fierce debate brewed Tuesday about what to do with billions of dollars worth of treasures in a popular 16th-century Hindu temple in southern India, even as the trove of newly revealed riches was ...
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India, July 11 (Reuters) - A $22 billion treasure trove unearthed beneath an ancient Indian temple has sparked a fierce political and public debate over ownership and how best to ...
In 1750, Maharaja Marthanda Varma offered Travancore to Lord Padmanabha, creating a kingdom ruled by God, not crown. Beneath ...