Udupi: People are curious about the hidden wealth in Temples

By Snehalatha, Udupi
Bellevision Media Network

Udupi, 07 July 2011: When the details of the hidden wealth in Ananthapadmanabha Temple in Thiruvananthapura, Kerala, became public, it caused curiosity among the general public and people began to discuss between themselves that similarly there could be wealth hidden in many temples nationwide with crores of rupees value.

 

 

Udupi’s Shrikrishna Temple also is on among those temples where the wealth is hidden. But here the wealth is hidden because it is buried. But the matter that the wealth is there is not a secret, because it is written on the wall of Subhramanya Gudi, that the wealth is there.
 
It is a four century old story. Shri Vadiraja Swameeji who is also known as Bhaveesameera, has buried this gold wealth in the ground and to protect the wealth, he established Subhramanya (Naga) God’s Gudi above it, says the writing on the wall of the Gudi.
 
Sodhe Mutt Seer Shri Vadiraja had gone to north India on a journey. There at a place he was offering prayers to Bhuvaraha. At that time the solders of Delhi’s Mogul Sultan (Akber?) came there and told him that prayers should not be offered at that place because it is the place of the grave of Sultan’s son. But when Vadiraja continued his prayers, Sultan came there himself and made the request. At that time Vadiraja with his spiritual strength made Sultan’s son alive from the grave. Sultan was very happy with this and he gave huge amount of gold to Vadiraja.
 
Vadiraja decided to use this gold to build roof ceiling to Shri Krishna Mutt. But Shri Krishna in the dream told Vadiraja that this is Kaligala, so keep this gold safely away from anyone’s hands, instructed Shri Krishna. Accordingly Vadiraja buried this gold on the north side of Shri Krishna Mutt and to protect it, he established Subhramanya (Naga) God’s Gudi above it.

 

 

 

 

There is also a debate on this, that the wealth is given to Vadiraja by Achyuthdevaraya of Vijayanagara and not Delhi’s Sultan. Even today the Paryaya Seer offers daily prayers to this Nagadeva who protects this wealth and every year on the day of Subhramanya Shashti, he performs Nagamandala (High Offerings in worship of Nagadeva) thanking for protecting the wealth.
 
This Gudi was renovated by the present Paryaya Shirooru Mutt Shri Lakshmeevara Theertha Swameeji during his Paryaya in 1962 – 63. The wealth below this belongs to Shri Krishna and removing it, counting it, is not necessary and no one has the right to do so, in the time of the difficulties this wealth will be useful for the betterment of the humankind, says Seer of Paryaya Shirooru Mutt.
 
There is also history that the Kings of Vijayanagara, Kings of Mysore have given huge amount of gold wealth to Shri Krishna Mutt. But there is no information that where it is at the moment.