Sri Padmanabha Swamy , Travancore Royals and the Wealth!
What a wonderful out of the world experience it is to observe the true Royal behaviour of the Travancore royal family! For centuries they guarded the wealth much larger than that of Nizam, but never built own personal wealth as done by Nizam, but these royals protected the wealth from the British loot, and never aspired to take advantage of the wealth. Once I had the privilege of being in the same Temple, along with the royal family members. How simple unassuming but dignified they were, in simple dhoti and no showing off of gold. No signs of royal/rich ostentatious clothes even. Once their turn is over, they quietly walked away out of the temple, through a special connecting door in to their palace. FOr that half an hour or so, the temple remains exclusive --while public wait in the huge corridors with temple, watching the royal family doing their pooja. They are distinguished more because the public stood respectfully giving way to them. They do the first morning pooja. I was contras...