India has held the world in fascination due to its rich history, an abundance of gold, spices and cloth not to mention the description given by foreigners as a land of exotic mysteries. The famous Padmanabhaswamy temple mystery proves the famous quote “Truth is stranger than fiction”.

Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple temple is located in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. In Malayalam, it means ‘The City of Lord Ananta’, or Maha Vishnu, the principal deity of the temple. The current standing structure is thought to be from the 16th century. However, many ancient texts refer to it as pieces of Sangam literature, Bhagavad Purana and the Mahabharata.

Extracts from these texts reveal that the temple was already shrouded in mystery even then, and was incredibly prosperous beyond imagination. A great poet of the time claimed in his lyrics that its walls were made out of solid gold. It is also known as the world’s richest Hindu temple with assets worth over $22 billion dollars in gold and gems! 

For those who need to know a little more about the equinox, it is known to occur twice in an year, once in spring, and then again in the autumn, when the earth’s axis is tilted neither towards the sun nor away from the sun. During the equinox, the tilt is zero degrees and because of this phenomenon, the day and night durations are almost equal, that is 12 hours each. The spring equinox occurs either on 20th or 21st of March while the autumn equinox occurs on 22nd or 23rd of September.The temple’s Gopuram is designed in such a magical way that during summer equinox, the sun goes down exactly through the middle of the Gopuram, with the golden rays radiating out through the middle doors, passing exactly through the structures’ center! It’s an absolute must-see miracle that’s so well constructed.

Padmanabhaswamy temple, India- Architecture

The architecture of the temple is a mix of that unique to indigenous Kerala and Dravidian styles. Inside the garbhagriha or inner sanctum, an idol of Lord Padmanabha resting on his celestial eight-hooded snake Adishehsnag is placed. One of the creators from the Holy Trinity, Lord Brahma, emerges from a lotus through God’s navel.

He is flanked by his consorts, Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity, also called Sridevi, and the earth goddess. The idol is coated in an ayurvedic paste to keep it clean. Statues of other goddesses holding divine weapons are also placed there.

Temple vaults- Treasures of the World

The source of the intrigue around the temple is its underground vaults. As per official sources, there are six vaults under the temple, named A-F.

All the vaults, with the exception of the second, have been opened to make an inventory of the contents. The members of the team dealing with the inventory were astonished beyond comprehension by the glittering magnificence within.

Padmanabhaswamy Temple Gold- a vast Paradise of Wealth

There was a three and half feet pure gold statue of the deity, studded with flawless, shimmering gems. A pure gold coconut shell set with emeralds of an impossible size and sheen was also discovered. Several Napoleon era coins were found along with Roman gold coins, apparently indicating the system of trade in the earlier centuries.

Other reports also mention a gold throne meant for a 18 feet long deity. Thousands of golden chairs, around 1200 thick gold chains with rubies and emeralds are some of the few sources of astonishment. 

The valuables are believed to have accumulated as donations to the deity by various empires such as Cheras, Pandyas, Pallavas and Cholas amongst many others. The government has ordered the vaults to be resealed after the inventory. Even without considering the unrevealed contents of the Nilavara vault, the value of the treasure surpasses that of the British crown jewels and the entire GDP of the Mughal Empire at its prime. Thus, the answer to the Padmanabhaswamy temple mystery lies behind the exception of vault B, which hasn’t been cracked through yet.

Temple Mystery- Nilavara Vault

The Padmanabhaswamy temple sealed door, also known as the Padmanabhaswamy temple vault B, remains till date a mystery. Archaeologists surmise that it has never been opened since the 1880s. A number of myths and legends have sprung up about the Nilavara vault. The carvings of snakes on the door have led people to believe that the snake god guards the treasure against all human intrusion.

There are rumors that the government has found another two vaults, which are yet to be opened. The temple is indeed, a mystery for curious adventurers and a wonder of faith for the believers.

Padmanabhaswamy Temple Secrets

We all are now aware of the vault B, the dark mystery and legends that are thought to exist behind its doors. Some say a curse is bound to befall over the whole of India, if the doors are burst through arbitrarily or by any other means which excludes the power of devotion to the infinite. Whether cobras or doomsday in the form of a tsunami, efforts to open the vault in the past have only led to sheer failures, followed by irrevocable disasters.

As per the prescribed convention only a powerful yogi whose lips give life to the Garuda Mantra, and its essence can open the vault. Thus, filling the gap in the pages of the Padmanabhaswamy temple history, by revealing the long-held Padmanabhaswamy temple mystery.

The carvings of snakes on the door have led people to believe that the snake god guards the treasure against all human intrusion.

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