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Happy to know that Padmanabhaswamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram will now be managed by Travancore (ex) royal family

Padmanabha Swamy Temple to be managed by ex-royal family, rules Supreme Court, https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/supreme-court-upholds-the-rights-of-travancore-royal-family-to-administer-kerala-s-padmanabhaswamy-temple/story-0Ts5b1lxLfD5QOgPXGIYcM.html , 13th July 2020. For more about Padmanabhaswamy temple, please visit:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmanabhaswamy_Temple . Ravi: I don't know about the history of this matter and the details. But I am very interested in this matter as my great-grandfather Thuravoor Narayana Sastrigal was generously patronized by then royals of this same Travancore royal family. He was even given a house close to Padmanabhaswamy temple by the then king, for his services as a Sanskrit scholar and teacher to the Travancore kingdom then. [The wiki introduction extract given below says the kingdom was from 870 to 1949, however a label on the top-right of the same wiki page states, "Kingdom of Travancore" "1729–1949".