$20billion worth treasure found from temple

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Treasure worth more than $20 billion had been found from vault hidden under a centuries-old temple.

04 July,2011 09:13 pm

Treasure worth more than $20 billion had been found from vault hidden deep under a centuries-old Indian Hindu temple in the capital of Indias southern Kerala state.Sacks filled with diamonds were piled next to tonnes of gold coins and jewellery in the vaults of the 16th century Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple. Investigators searched the vaults to draw up an inventory of the riches because of fears about security but they had no idea of the amount of treasure they would find. As estimates of the treasures worth rise, a fierce debate is growing regarding what to do with the discovery, in a country where 450 million people live in poverty.Leaders of the Hindu community want the wealth to be invested in the temple while some intellectuals have suggested it should be used for the public good. The government said it would adhere to the Supreme Courts ruling on ownership of the treasure found in the temple.