Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple Case & Decision of Supreme Court.

Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple is located in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. According to historians, this temple belongs to the eighth century.

But the structure of the present temple is of the 18th century, which was built by the then Maharaja Marthanda Varma of Travancore.

 The architecture of Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple is Chera style, Sri Padmanabhaswamy Temple is one of the 108 sacred temples associated with Vaishnava tradition in India. Whose main deity is Lord Shri Vishnu.

CASE: 

In 2007, Uttar Dum Thirunal Martand Verma claimed that the treasury of the temple was the property of the erstwhile royal family of the princely state of Travancore. Many cases were filed in the lower courts of Kerala, objecting to this claim.

The claims were dismissed in the lower courts, due to which the case reached the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court gave its verdict as per the Travancore Cochin Hindu Religious Institutions Act 1950.

 Supreme Court's decision:

• Even after the death of the last ruler, the right to manage the financial affairs of the deity will be with the family of that ruler.

• Approval has been given to constitute a committee under the chairmanship of the District Magistrate who will oversee the administration of the temple.