NEW DELHI: The Travancore royal family asserted that the famous Padmanabhaswamy Temple and its belongings are not private property but public. The royal family in their plea filed in the apex court has requested to hand over the temple administration to them. Earlier, the royal family were of the stand that the temple was private and its assets also private. The court will continue hearing in the case tomorrow also. Representatives of the Travancore royal family moved the court against high court verdict asking the state government to take over the temple. It has been estimated that there are around Rs 1 lakh crore worth of assets in the temple.