The amazing thing about the One Lakh Crore plus treasure found in the cellars of Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Trivandrum is not the value of the treasure, but the fact that the Royal Family, who were the guardians of this treasure, had not even dreamt of using it for their personal purpose.
The Travancore Kings always ruled on behalf of Lord Padmanabha. They called themselves Padmanabhadasa. Even today, when the Royals leave the temple, they make sure to remove the dust from their legs, for they dont want to take with them even a small dust particle from the temple, that belongs to Lord Padmanabha.
In this era of Rulers looting public money, and emptying the treasury, should we not bow our head in reverance to the generations of Tranvancore Kings, who had jealously guarded the public wealth without any compensation. If this is not 'Nishkama Karma', as mentioned in Bhagavat Geetha, I don't know what is.
The worth of the treasure outstrips the public debt of the whole State of Kerala, which stands at around 80,000 crores. But to put things in perspective, this is only 70% of what A Raja and DMK stole in the Telecome scam (Rs 1.76 lakh crores)!!!
There is a debate as to who should be the custodian of this treasure unearthed.
Should there be any discussion on this? Who, other than the very people who guarded it zealously all these years? The Travancore Kings Family?
I recommend a visit by our PM, Cabinet Colleagues, Various CMs, their Colleagues to meet the Family members, and go through the carefully documented chronicles of what was once, the most prosperous of Kingdoms, to understand Rajaneethi and ethics/probity in public life.
Let us stand up, bow our head in salute of the Royal Family who showed us how a country has to be ruled and how peoples money should not be misused.
