In a major backlash to Kerala government aiming at gold in Kerala temples, the supreme court yesterday said that the antique jewellery belonging the famed Poornathrayesa temple in Tripunithura will not be allowed to melt.
The Supreme Court has directed the Cochin Devaswom Board to submit a report on an earlier survey of antiquities and ornaments in the temple. The court also asked the court to inform it of the steps taken to protect the temple, including the ornaments.
The apex court had earlier asked the registrar general of the high court to take stock of the antiquities and ornaments at the Poornathrayesa temple.
Based on this, the Registrar General submitted the report on the census to the court in a sealed envelope. However, the royal family alleged that the Cochin Devaswom Board was not presenting the reports of the previous census.
Senior advocate Krishnan Venugopal, appearing for the Cochin royal family, said that during the census, antiquities and jewelery were found to have been neglected. However, a division bench of the apex court, while considering the case, said that it was possible to know how much damage was done to the temple only if there were previous reports.
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