Treasure worth billions in a Hindu temple - msnbc.com

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India - A huge treasure was found in a Hindu South India temple - jewellery silver, coins and precious stones and gold worth billions of dollars, the Indian officials, said Saturday.

The AFP news agency said the Secretary of the Kerala k. Jayakumar as the find has been estimated that more of $ 11 billion.

He said archaeological officials will need to consider in detail discovery to determine its true value.

The treasure was found in at least five underground chapels of the considerations Padmanabhaswamy Temple, known for his sculptures, reported AFP. The temple is in the State of Kerala South, near the tip of the subcontinent.

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Jayakumar told AFP that a more secret room remained to be opened.

necklace of 18 feet
According to Wikipedia, the temple was dedicated to the God Vishnu, and the foundation of the current tower was laid in 1566.

AFP said devout. A necklace found this week was supposed to be 18 feet in length.

Since the independence of the India from Britain in 1947, CSA, has said, the temple was controlled by a trust managed by the descendants of the Royal family of Travancore.

But the Supreme Court recently ordered that the temple be placed under the control of the State.

Treasury news prompted an increased police presence, Kerala police chief Jacob Punnoose told AFP that security commando force was in the planning.

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