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The absorption committee of Sree Padmanabha Swamy Temple, astatine a gathering held present connected Friday, decided to petition the State authorities to instrumentality due enactment against constabulary officers who submitted a study alleging missing golden artefacts and information lapses astatine the temple without conducting a due enquiry oregon verifying the facts.
A high-level constabulary quality study submitted earlier to the Home section had pointed to suspected thefts of priceless valuables and large information breaches astatine the temple. According to the report, astir 78 grams of golden bars and coins donated by devotees had precocious gone missing. The study further said that a multi-tiered golden lamp, which was removed from the temple premises nether the guise of maintenance, had not been returned and was alternatively replaced by a metallic substitute without authoritative records. It besides said that the ineffable ‘Vaira Nama’, an invaluable diamond ornament that was traditionally installed wrong the interior sanctum sanctorum, has been missing for the past six months aft being purportedly taken distant for repair works.
Rejects allegations
The temple absorption committee said that it had conducted a elaborate interior probe and had ascertained that the alleged “missing” gold, the ineffable “Vaira Nama” and the golden lamp ornaments mentioned successful the constabulary study were precise overmuch wrong the sanctum sanctorum of the temple. It said that the temple enforcement officer, who conducted the interior enquiry, had examined each temple inventory documents and had confirmed that golden coins and different specified offerings made by devotees were harmless and were accounted for. The committee besides said that the constabulary study that definite individuals were entering and exiting the temple without the mandatory information checks was mendacious and baseless.
It said that the introduction into the temple via the Chempakathinmoodu gross was restricted to the temple priests and members of the erstwhile Travancore royal family. Devotees, temple unit and visitors cannot participate the temple without undergoing information checks by the Kerala Police
The committee further alleged that the constabulary officers who prepared the study had failed to consulted either the absorption committee oregon the temple authorities. By doing so, they had tarnished the bully sanction and credibility of the temple absorption committee and the administration, the committee said successful a statement.
