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Sri Padmanabhaswany is the world's richest temple

SriP1000065Sri Padmanabhaswany temple, in Thiruvananthapuram (formerly Trivandrum), the treasures of which--recently inventoried by court order--make it perhaps the richest temple in the world (c. $19-23 billion exclusive of items' antique value), is at the heart of Jake Halpern's article, "The Secret of the Temple," (abstract) in the April 30, 2012 issue of The New Yorker.

 (Photo by NanYang Tours.)

 

April 24, 2012 in Art, design, Foreign affairs, History, Religion; church & state, Web whorls & eddies |

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