Indian officials could never have imagined that in this unremarkable temple, a single cellar contained more than $22 billion worth of treasure, one of which could be chosen for gold and silver and the money would greatly improve the living conditions of the local poor people.
Faced with such a huge amount of treasure, they immediately organized an exploration of its interior, but for some reason, just when the archaeological work was in full swing, Indian officials abruptly halted the project, and at the same time, the old man who found the treasure also died in his home.
So far, the treasure under the temple has also been guarded by special forces sent by the Indian government, and a military martial law zone has been established.
Today, I will talk to you about who left the treasure in this temple, and what is the real reason why the project was stopped?
The temple where it was found to contain a huge treasure was called the "Padma Nabaswami" temple, and I would refer to it later by the Temple of Padma.
The Temple of Padma was built in the 16th century by order of a king named Travancore, and in order to show his achievements and respect for the gods, he decided long before the earth was moved that the temple needed to be dedicated to the god Vishnu. We all know that religion has always occupied a high proportion in the lives of Indians, whether in ancient times or modern times, and this god Vishnu is even more of a leader among the Hindu gods.
There are many kinds of Indian gods and goddesses, and even different beliefs between different indian states, but no matter how it changes, there are only three most powerful and unstable main gods in Hinduism, namely Brahma the creator god, Vishnu, the god of destruction, and Shiva, the god of destruction.
Compared to Brahma's non-eating fireworks and the destruction represented by Shiva, Vishnu, a symbol of kindness and goodness, is undoubtedly the closest of the three main gods to the indian people. Because of this, in the whole territory of India, there are more than 1,000 temples dedicated to it, and the ornate ones are innumerable, which indirectly leads to the fact that even if there are countless treasures hidden in the Patma Temple, it is too ordinary to escape the coveting of the British colonists.
Until then, the Temple of Patma had been guarded by the descendants of king Travancore, but after 1947, the British colonists left India, and the descendants of these kings who had sworn to guard the temple also began to pursue some more secular life, and over time, the temple gradually became an unattended state.
Although the legend of the temple's huge treasure has not been broken for hundreds of years, for Indians, digging such a temple is completely against their beliefs, so even if they can get rich overnight, no one has ever beaten the idea of the Patma Temple.
However, an old man named Sanda discovered that the king's descendants had neglected the temple. In his youth, he served under Mahatma Gandhi, and after his retirement he came to live in the surrounding areas of the Patma Temple. Seeing that the guardians of the temple were always leaving their jobs, he was angry, not only repeatedly educating the descendants of these negligent kings, but later filing a petition to take them to court.
In his eyes, the original temple caretaker was no longer able to perform his duties, so he hoped that the Indian government would take over the legendary temple.
The Indian government has long coveted the Patma Temple, and this time the old man asked them to take over is undoubtedly in the middle. Soon, local officials organized a team of archaeologists, monks, judges and many others to conduct a financial inventory of the Patma temple.
After coming to the Patma Temple, Indian officials learned that poverty limited their imagination, they had been in politics for many years, although they had heard the legend that the temple had treasures, but after they entered the temple, they found that the number of treasures here was far more than they imagined.
There are 6 chambers under the Temple of Parthma, and after the archaeological team opened the first chamber, the golden glitter almost did not faint the officials. In this chamber of secrets, there are more than 1,200 pure gold necklaces weighing 2.7 meters long and weighing 2.5 kilograms alone, three crowns studded with agate and a variety of unknown gemstones are placed in the most conspicuous center, and at the foot of the archaeological team, in addition to the gold coins made during the East India Company period, there are more than 20 French gold coins from the Napoleonic period. Later, when they shipped these gold coins out, they found that the total weight of the Gold Coins of the East India Company was 18 tons!
In addition, the weight of the pure gold jewelry in the chamber is also more than 1 ton, and the total amount of jewelry with diamonds is about 900 kilograms; at the same time, on the large piece, the deepest part of the chamber has a nearly 4 meters high, diamond-encrusted Vishnu statue, its left is a golden elephant, and on the right is a humanoid sculpture more than 30 centimeters high, although it is not known what material is made, but in terms of its exquisiteness, it must be a priceless treasure.
In the estimation of the accompanying experts, the total value of the treasure in this first secret room exceeded $22 billion. You know, the latest, the most expensive aircraft carrier in human history, the Ford aircraft carrier in the United States, is only about $13 billion, which is completely small compared to the treasure in the Temple of Patma.
At the same time, these experts are also conservative in their estimates of the value of the treasure, they only measure its direct value, and do not calculate the high price that these crafts can achieve if they are collected or auctioned, in other words, the treasure of this secret room may be exchanged for two American aircraft carriers USS Ford.
The success of the excavation not only boosted the morale of the archaeological team, but also made the Indian officials feel extremely honored, and after emptying Room One, they quickly came to the door of Room Two, but this time they ran into a wall.
It turned out that unlike the previous chamber, the second chamber was sealed by a huge stone door, and no matter how hard the archaeological team tried, the gate was still untouched. At this time, the archaeological team was full of shiny gold coins, and they could not take care of much, they called the firefighters, ready to use modern means to "open" the big stone door.
Just when everything was ready, many people dressed in religious costumes suddenly appeared around the Patma temple. On the one hand, they knelt on several prayer grounds outside the temple, folded their hands, and read words in their mouths, looking very panicked; on the other hand, the leader of the group also came to the archaeological team and tried to prevent the archaeological team from carrying out the next work.
In his explanation, the Indian archaeologists noticed that above this huge stone gate were carved two very fierce poisonous snakes. In local customs, once this carving appears, it will inevitably send a heavenly condemnation, and the Hindus who come to bow down and pray around the temple at this time come to confess their mistakes to a certain god because they are afraid of being condemned by heaven.
At this moment, a wise man emerged from among the people who came to obstruct, and he told the archaeological team that the two poisonous snakes represented the punishment of "evil water". It makes sense that the stone door could not be opened, because it had no mechanism inside it, and the king of Travancore who built it never wanted outsiders to open it.
At the same time, he also said: According to local historical records, the back of this stone gate is connected to a sea eye in the depths of the Indian Ocean, and if you insist on violently breaking the door, the gushing sea water may instantly flood the state. Hearing this, the officials who saw the money were not lightly frightened, and since Modi came to power, they have repeatedly strengthened the status of Hinduism in their country, which has also led to the fact that officials of all sizes in India have great respect for Hinduism.
In other words, the words of a wise man in Hinduism are even more influential than the chief executive of the region. It was also with this in mind that the archaeological team led by a group of officials had to give up, after all, there were enough treasures dug up in The First Vault, and at this time the rapids retreated, and they could both profit from it and gain a good reputation.
At the same time, since the treasure of the Patma Temple is no longer a legend, even if it is a holy place, it is difficult for officials to guarantee that no one will come to steal the property in the face of interests. In this way, they sent special forces to garrison, and also established so-called military martial law zones, which were even larger than the Indian army stationed.
However, just after the treasure of the Patma Temple was unearthed, the local area also caused a storm because of the ownership of the treasure. Faced with such a heavyweight treasure, all parties in Indian society want to get a piece of it
Just when the parties were fighting over the treasure of the Patma Temple, the old man Sanda, who discovered the secret of the treasure, suddenly died in his home. It turned out that at first he told the Indian government the secret of the treasure because he was not accustomed to the negligence of the guardians, hoping that local officials could stand up as the power to guard the temple.
But who knew that the officials saw the money and knew that the temple had treasures, not only did not keep secrets, but also set up an archaeological team to excavate it, which broke the state's calm as always, making everyone jealous of each other for a while, and even more in order to steal a gold coin.
Because of this, out of shame and anger after the secret was exposed, and out of pressure on the ownership of the treasure, the old man Sanda finally died violently, which was very tragic. So far, the largest treasures in the history of India in the Patma Temple have also been strictly guarded because the ownership rights cannot be finalized, and neither government officials nor ordinary people can get half a step closer to them.
As for the two poisonous snake statues on the stone gate of the treasure No. 2, the superstitious aspect is naturally not convincing; but from another point of view, these treasures have plunged the locals into madness, and finally ended up with nothing.