NEW DELHI — A fierce debate brewed Tuesday about what to do with billions of dollars worth of treasures in a popular 16th-century Hindu temple in southern India, even as the trove of newly revealed ...

A joint sitting of the Supreme Court appointed committees on the Sree Padmanabha Swamy temple on Tuesday decided to set up a highly specialised agency for valuing the treasures found in its vaults. A ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India — Investigators plan to pry open the final vault hidden deep under a centuries-old Indian Hindu temple as police guarded round the clock the shrine where billions of dollars ...

When a team of unlikely explorers, including former judges and temple officials, started opening the vaults of a Kerala temple last week, they didn't expect to find gold and precious stones worth $22 ...

INDIAN officials step up security after finding at least $6.6bn worth of gold and silver jewellery, precious stones in a Hindu temple. The valuables have an estimated preliminary worth of over 500 ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India (Reuters) - A $22 billion treasure trove unearthed beneath an ancient Indian temple has sparked a fierce political and public debate over ownership and how best to put the ...

What do we know about the Indian kings who presided over the Kerala temple where an extraordinary treasure trove has reportedly been found? The royal family of India's erstwhile southern kingdom of ...

Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) Opposition boycotted the Kerala Legislative Assembly on Friday (September 19, 2025) after Speaker A.N. Shamseer denied an adjournment debate on the ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM (Reuters) - A group of experts appointed by the Supreme Court began examining on Monday treasures unearthed from the Sree Padmanabhaswamy temple last year estimated to be around $22 ...

The southern Indian state of Kerala is currently experiencing one of the most violent periods of unrest in its history. Over 100 people have been injured, one has died and close to 5,800 have been ...