Overview
- The temple administrative committee said on May 29 that an internal verification found the diamond ornament and about 78 grams of gold offerings accounted for and safely kept inside the sanctum.
- Committee members accused Kerala Police officers of filing a ‘‘factually incorrect’’ intelligence report without consulting temple authorities and asked the state to take action against those officers.
- Aditya Varma of the Travancore royal family publicly disputed the police claims and said he would write to senior officials after personally confirming the items were next to the principal deity.
- Kerala Devaswom Minister K. Muraleedharan said the state has received the temple’s response and will consult the Home Ministry before announcing an official inquiry into the alleged security lapses.
- The episode raises fresh scrutiny of how custodianship, inventory checks, and police reporting work at one of India’s wealthiest temples and could prompt tighter oversight, audits, or disciplinary steps depending on the inquiry’s findings.