A group of Vedic scholars well versed in astrology and other ancient Indian sciences warned against opening the not-yet-untouched vault B in the cellars of the now famed Sree Ananthapadmanabha Swamy temple in Thiruvananthapuram of Kerala.

The scholars, after a four day ritual of Devaprasnam conducted in the temple premises in full public view, warned that whoever opens the sixth vault, on whose door the danger symbol of snake was etched, would have to lose one of his / her family members through snake bite or some poison.

The door has the markings of powerful Nagabhandam reportedly made out by some Siddha Yogis of the 16th century at the behest of the then custodians of the temple.

The Vedic experts also warned against video shooting, valuation and public exhibition of the wealth found in the five secret vaults opened by a special committee on the orders of the Supreme Court. The wealth was estimated to be more than worth Rs.1 lakh Cr.

The Devaprasnam was conducted by the team of Vedic experts headed by priest K. Padmanabha Sharma and Mathur Narayanan Renga Bhatt. Devaprasnam is the process involving a deep astrological examination of the good and bad Yogas prevailing in the astrological charts of the temple premises.

The Devaprasnam concluded that the vault B was left unopened because it was believed that it could only be opened by God. The experts concluded that if anyone opened the vault, one of his family members may die either due to a snake bite or consumption of poison.

It may be mentioned that Mr T.P. Sunderarajan, a former Indian Police Service officer who was responsible for the opening of the temple vaults, died on July 17 at 70. He had no ailment of any sort in his life till then.