Tirupati Balaji wants stocks and shares! Here are some other cash rich temples in India

Needless to say, this temple is visited by several devotees every year and has been receiving donations handsomely. According to several reports, the annual income of the temple is estimated to be over Rs 500 crore. 

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Considered to be one of the four abodes in Hinduism, the temple has been receiving funds from devotees across the world. Reports suggest that the temple has a total of 224 items of gold ornaments and other jewelleries. The annual income of the holy shrine of Lord Krishna was pegged to be at Rs 150 crore in 2010. The temple management had allocated a budget of whopping Rs 212 crore for this Daridra Narayan (god of the poor) in the last fiscal year.

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The only Sikh temple in the list, reports suggests that the temple is made of gold plating on the outside, while the inside is made of silver and gold. The base that has the ‘Adi Granth’  is studded with precious stones and gems.

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This temple, located in Thiruvanthapuram in Kerala, became one of the wealthiest temples in India after hidden treasures were found worth Rs 1 lakh crore. It is now being reported that gold worth Rs 260 crore is missing from the temple.

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