Many believe the doors of Vault B at the Padmanabhaswamy Temple should remain sealed because of the ominous legends and curses tied to it. The temple contains six known vaults and possibly hidden chambers and its overall treasure has been estimated at around $1 trillion

Yeah right!

Perfect Place to steal everithing…noboby Will know

It’s all fun and games until a demon basilisk is out to get revenge on you.

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I’ll open it as long as I can half of the trillion dollars

Many believe !!?

Don’t let the Louvre heist team hear about this one.

With the amount of local corruption present in the sub-continent I’d be surprised if the loot was still there (better not look eh, dangerous things could happen etc etc)

I bet there’s mad loot in there. But one trillion? Doubtful.

If there were treasure worth a trillion in there, someone would have tunneled into it by now.

I can guarantee you this: no matter how ornate it is, no matter what value of treasure was put into it, the British already stole it

For everyone thinking $1 Trillion is a *huge* exaggeration…

The first 5 of the 6 vaults were opened in 2011, and it was the largest treasure discovery in all of written history, globally. No exaggeration. Thousands of years of treasure accumulation.

Maybe not quite $1 Trillion but easily billions worth in gold alone. Doesn’t include historic value. Wouldn’t be too crazy to think it could hit $1T

[Link to Source of Wealth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmanabhaswamy_Temple_treasure)

I’m returning this coin to you. Must of dropped it in the car.


When you open it and there’s a single crumbled note that says I.O.U

Is the curse only activated when the doors are opened? If so just take out the back wall.

Reminds me of GOT show with the dude who claimed all the riches and wealth locked behind a vault… which was empty.

Someone probably dug a hole and has already cleaned out the place.

They were a British colony for quite some time, might want to just peak in there and check.

For those of us who wonder why the Padmanabhaswamy Temple was not looted by the English…

The Padmanabhaswamy Temple in Kerala is famous for its underground chambers filled with legendary treasures. And although the British were present during the colonial era, they never looted it. This wasn’t an act of imperial courtesy, but rather a combination of historical, political, and even mystical circumstances that made the place a complicated target.

To begin with, the temple was under the protection of the Travancore Kingdom, one of the most loyal and diplomatically skilled princely states in dealing with the British. Travancore was neither rebellious nor difficult to administer, so London preferred to maintain stability through agreements rather than create tensions by looting sacred temples. The arrangement was clear: Travancore paid tribute and remained loyal, and the British allowed the kingdom to manage its internal affairs, including the temple.

Moreover, most of the treasure wasn’t on display. It was hidden in sealed vaults that had been closed for centuries, and only the royal family and the priests truly knew what was inside. From the British point of view, an invisible treasure, protected by strict religious rituals and lacking a clear inventory, wasn’t the easiest prey. Opening those chambers would have meant directly interfering with deeply rooted Hindu religious practices—something that could provoke massive uprisings and undermine colonial rule in a region they already viewed as an ally and a strategic partner.

To this we can add that the Travancore monarchy had declared the kingdom symbolically belonged to the god Padmanabha. Looting the temple wouldn’t just have been unpopular—it would have been politically foolish, akin to attacking the symbolic foundation of local authority. And an empire ruling millions understood very well the risks of sparking widespread religious outrage.

Lastly, there was also a layer of mystery at play. For centuries, tales circulated claiming the vaults were protected by curses and that opening them would bring disaster. The British didn’t usually believe in such things… but they weren’t stupid either: they knew that ignoring those beliefs could ignite the region.

Altogether, it was the combination of pragmatic politics, diplomacy, indirect rule, and strategic respect for religious sensitivity that kept the temple untouched. It wasn’t due to lack of interest, but because, for the British, opening those vaults posed a far greater risk than leaving them closed.

Why haven’t the British raided it?

WE HAVE TO WARN CAPTAIN KEYES ITS NOT THE WEAPON CACHE BUT THE FLOOD

I’ll open the doors and risk the curse for 10 million.

Schrödingers loot

India remains a feudal society because the brahmins who run the temples control all the land and the money and the politicians.