Chief priest Kattu Venkata Ramana Dikshitulu of Lord Sri Kodanda Ramaswamy temple in Tirupati admitted to the crime after TTD officials grilled him on finding the two necklaces — a ‘Lakshmi haram’ (490 grams) and another weighing 540 grams — missing during an inventory.
“I know I have committed a crime. I have three daughters and poverty forced me to do this,” he said. The priest had pledged it with a pawnbroker and borrowed Rs 9 lakh a decade ago. The pawnbroker (Kamadhenu & Co.) are also being quizzed by the cops. (via Tirupati: Pujary steals deity’s gold to marry kids - Hyderabad - City - NEWS - The Times of India).
TTD is now run by the Government of Andhra Pradesh. I have no clue, and never been able to understand what the Government is doing at the TTD! Since, when is this a matter for the Government to manage! And just why is a 'secular' Government of the Republic of India running, managing, controlling religious institutions!
They have no role to play in the private and religious lives of Indians! End result - reduce temple priests to such a situation! Abominable!
Get out and get going, GoAP!
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