Fire Near Padmanabha Swamy Temple:Exclusive Report

On Sunday, 31st july 2011 around 8.30 pm, a deadly fire accident occured near the in famous sree padmanabha swamy temple thiruvanathapuram in kerala. According to media reports, the fire caused near the theerthapada mandapam due to a short circuit in elecrtrcity. As a reason of this accident, several handicraft shops near the temple were burnt to ashes. Around 12 fire fighters units rushed to the spot and could able to bring the fire under control. Dewasom minister of kerala, V.S Shiva Kumar said to the media that, the reason for the cause of the fire is being studied and the added that the government will soon install a fire fighting unit to safe guard the temple from accidents.

The padmanabha swamy temple brought world attention because of the immense wealth found inside hidden vaults in the temple. Around 1 lakh crore worth precious treasures were discovered from the temple. A team of members appointed by the supreme court wil visit the temple to make the real value of the temple along with taking photographs and videos of the discovered treasures. There had been a hot discussion for the past few weeks regarding the preservation of the treasure. Few days back sundararajan,the petitioner who filed the petition to open the vaults of the temple had died. Aanalysts who have a well knowledge of the temple says that, this incident is just a beginning of many dreadful calamities that the state would have to face in the coming days.