Inside the sanctum sanctorum of the temple Monday, Modi presided over the Pran Pratishtha, or consecration ceremony, of an idol of Lord Ram, one of Hinduism’s most revered deities.

The Thiruvananthapuram City Police have detained one person for entering the Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple wearing camera-embedded smart glasses.

Assistant storekeeper at Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple caught stealing milk, part of ongoing investigation into gold theft.