Legal battle over the new king, and the curse of Mysore.

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Legal battle over the new king, and the curse of Mysore.

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The new king of Mysore is being crowned today. I'm intrigued because I thought that India had got rid of all those little kingdoms. Apparently, there is untold wealth at stake. Where does this come from ?
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/m ... -of-mysore
On Thursday the widow of the late maharaja will crown a new king – but his nephew is preparing a legal challenge to claim the £8bn estate
The fortune is one of the greatest on earth – the legacy of one of India’s richest princes, which tens of thousands have died in battle to protect.

Now however, it will be a battery of lawyers who will defend the palaces, fortresses, jewels, crowns, paintings and vast domains of the royal house of Mysore, once an independent kingdom that was founded more than 500 years ago, and quickly established itself as one of the most powerful in southern India.
Even more intriguing is the curse of Mysore...
Some however blame an ancient malediction for the family’s problems with bearing heirs. The “Talakad curse” was cast upon the dynasty in the 17th century by the queen of the neighbouring Srirangapatna kingdom, when it was invaded and annexed by Mysore’s kings.

The queen fled with the temple jewels and hid near a village called Talakad. Discovered by her enemies, she cursed the royal house of Mysore for eternity and jumped to her death in the river Cauvery.

“Since 1610, barring one king who had a deaf and mute son, no other king in the Wodeyar line has had children,” said Raja Chandra, the late Mysore king’s brother in law. “People can say it is because of the curse or not, but the history is true: that cannot be denied.”
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Sounds like a Bollywood production.
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Anchor Moy wrote:“Since 1610, barring one king who had a deaf and mute son, no other king in the Wodeyar line has had children,” said Raja Chandra, the late Mysore king’s brother in law. “People can say it is because of the curse or not, but the history is true: that cannot be denied.”


Maybe if they started having sex with females that might change.
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vladimir wrote:
Anchor Moy wrote:“Since 1610, barring one king who had a deaf and mute son, no other king in the Wodeyar line has had children,” said Raja Chandra, the late Mysore king’s brother in law. “People can say it is because of the curse or not, but the history is true: that cannot be denied.”


Maybe if they started having sex with females that might change.
Yes, and also sex with people from outside the direct family. ;)
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