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A One Trillion Rupee Hidden Treasure Chamber Is Discovered at India's Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple

Jim Dobson, Forbes, 2015

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A 2015 Forbes article, the origin of the widely repeated one trillion rupee valuation for the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple vaults opened in 2011.

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Assessment
Reliability Tier
2
Tier 2: journalism reporting an estimate that other coverage of the same event explicitly cautions is unofficial, not an audited or court-certified figure.
Notes
The origin of the one trillion rupee, roughly 22 billion dollar figure that circulates for this temple's vaults. Carried as an estimate rather than a certified valuation, since no audited or court-certified total exists; other coverage of the same 2011 inventory explicitly cautions that figures this size, repeated widely online, are unofficial.
Citation
Author
Jim Dobson
Publisher
Forbes
Publication Year
2015
URL
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimdobson/2015/11/13/a-one-trillion-rupee-hidden-treasure-chamber-is-discovered-at-indias-sree-padmanabhaswamy-temple/
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news
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This source names Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple directly: "one trillion rupee valuation for the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple vaults opened in 2011."

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This source backs 13 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 1 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

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  • Sources, 9 claims: 8 well-attested, 1 holds.
  • Sacred Sites, 4 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 1 general references.
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