Travancore royal family welcomes court verdict on Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple

Travancore royal
family member Adityhya Varma welcomed the court verdict on Sree Padmanabhaswamy
Temple, which upheld the rights of the erstwhile royal family in administration
of the temple.

Speaking on the
verdict Varma told ANI, “We wholeheartedly welcome Supreme Court verdict on
Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple. It re-establishes our family’s connection with
Lord Sree Padmanabha. The family is happy about it. We’re looking forward to
reading the full verdict.”

The Supreme Court on
Monday set aside the 2011 verdict of the Kerala High Court which had directed
the state government to set up a trust to take control of management and assets
of the historic Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerala.

The apex court upheld
the rights of the Travancore royal family in the administration of the temple.

A bench headed by
Justice U U Lalit said that as an interim measure, the District Judge of
Thiruvananthapuram will head an administrative committee to manage the affairs
of the temple.

The top court
delivered the verdict on a batch of appeals, including the one filed by the
legal representatives of the Travancore royal family, challenging the January
31, 2011 verdict of the high court in the matter.

The sprawling temple,
an architectural splendour in granite, was rebuilt in its present form in the
18th century by the Travancore Royal House which had ruled southern Kerala and
some adjoining parts of Tamil Nadu before integration of the princely state
with the Indian Union in 1947.

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