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🗓️ 28 May 2023
⏱️ 13 minutes
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There are mind-blowing secrets locked away in vaults, tombs and mystery doors around the world. From the cursed grave of a Chinese Emperor to the lost treasure under Machu Picchu, let's investigate strange mysteries hidden away, just waiting to be discovered.
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0:00.0 | There are few things more annoying than losing your keys, but most of the time the mystery ends when we find them in our pocket or underneath a piece of paper on the kitchen table. |
0:09.8 | But some mysteries aren't so easy to solve, like some mind-blowing secrets locked away in vaults and tombs around the world. |
0:16.4 | From the cursed grave of a Chinese emperor to a billionaire drug lord's law stash, |
0:22.0 | let's investigate some strange mysteries hidden away, just waiting to be discovered. |
0:28.8 | You're listening. |
0:30.1 | You're listening to be amazed. |
0:43.5 | In the state of Kerala in southern India, there's a real-life story of treasure, ancient secrets, and dently intrigue. |
0:45.4 | The temple of Sri Padmanhabab Swami in Trivedrum is the holy shrine to Mahavishnu, the most |
0:52.3 | powerful Hindu deity. |
0:57.0 | The entirely gold-plated temple was built in the 16th century and was renovated a few hundred years later by the Kings of Travancore, one of India's wealthiest ancient families. |
1:05.0 | According to local legends, the kings of Travancore had hidden their vast wealth within the stone walls and vault of the temple. |
1:12.6 | Then in 2011 the Indian Supreme Court demanded a routine audit of the temple's treasury. |
1:18.6 | Counting the treasure was harder than it sounds. Local religious leaders warned that opening the vaults would disrespect Mahavishnu, |
1:25.6 | leading to catastrophic heavenly punishment. |
1:29.6 | The last time someone tried was in 1931, and legend has it, a sudden plague of cobra sprang from the vault. |
1:37.2 | But despite protests and death threats from hardline Hindus in 2011, lawyer T.P. Sundurigen got permission to open it up for the first time in |
1:46.6 | centuries. Not long after T.P. Sundurigen and his team had opened five of the six vaults and were |
1:52.7 | stunned by what they found. Inside the temple was a breathtaking hoard of crowns, weapons, bags of |
1:58.9 | diamonds, rubies, gold statues, vessels made of gold, |
2:02.4 | golden elephants, gold coins, even golden coconuts studded with jewels. In total, the contents of the |
2:08.8 | treasury were valued at one trillion U.S. dollars. But one door remained locked. The vault named the |
2:15.9 | Bahra Takan Kalara, A huge serpent figure on the door |
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