Guest guest Posted January 6, 2008 Report Share Posted January 6, 2008 [http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEK20080105220318 & Page=K & Title=Sout\ hern+News+-+Karnataka & Topic=0] Jewellery worth crores stolen from Melkote Sunday January 6 2008 08:24 IST EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE MELKOTE: In a major temple theft in the district, thieves struck at the famous Yoganarashimha Swamy temple at Melkote and escaped with jewellery worth several crores of rupees on Friday night. According to police, thieves had entered the sanctum, sanctorum of the temple at midnight, broke open the doors and escaped with jewellery worth several crores of rupees. The articles stolen include precious items like diamond studded crown, silver, chakras, shankus and tirunamagalu. The theft came to light when the priest came to the temple for offering morning pooja. He then informed the police. Santhanam, a temple priest said, according to a 2002 valuation by the endowment department, the stolen jewellery was worth Rs 1.5 crore. The present value of the jewellery could be many crores more as the prices of gold and silver have sky-rocketed since 2002, Santhanam said. These gold ornaments were gifted to the temple mainly by erstwhile Mysore Wadiyar kings and devotees.‘‘Since they also have an antique value, the stolen articles are priceless,’’ he said. Meanwhile, police suspect the involvement of security guards. According to the police, Yoganarashimha Temple has strong iron doors and they cannot be broken unless the thieves have help from temple staff. Circle inspector S T Siddalingappa said the guards are absconding and their involvement in the crime cannot be ruled out. The theft in the century old temple has raised many questions about the temples’ security. The temple is under the State endowment department, which is responsible for its security. Temple’s administrator Poovappa, Assistant Commissioner Purnima, Pandavapura taluk tahashildar Shilaja, ASP D M Krisnam Raju and endowment department officers visited the scene. Pandavapura police have registered a case. --- " Dr. Sadagopan " <yennappan wrote: > SrI: > > Dear Malolan : > There was no content in your message > on this topic . What happened ? > > V.S > Now you can chat without downloading messenger. Go to http://in.messenger./webmessengerpromo.php Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 7, 2008 Report Share Posted January 7, 2008 Let us all pray and chant together to get the jewels quickly. Om Apadamapa Hataram Dataram Sarva Sampadam Loka Bhi Ramam Sri Rama Bhuyo Bhuyo Namamyaham And pass this message to everyone. Jai seethe ram!! NamO SrIman NarayaNAya , -Sarathy Oppiliappan [Oppiliappan ] On Behalf Of vijay raghavan Monday, January 07, 2008 5:39 AM Oppiliappan Re: Re: Robbery at Melukote Temple Oh my god! what is this world heading to? Mark this, Lord Narasimha will bring these greedy animals to book and this will happen soon. Kaliyug..what all atrocities do we have to hear more? hey bhagwan! On 1/6/08, Malolan Cadambi <mcadambi > wrote: [ http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IEK20080105220318 & Page=K & Title=Southern+News+-+Karnataka & Topic=0] Jewellery worth crores stolen from Melkote Sunday January 6 2008 08:24 IST EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE MELKOTE: In a major temple theft in the district, thieves struck at the famous Yoganarashimha Swamy temple at Melkote and escaped with jewellery worth several crores of rupees on Friday night. According to police, thieves had entered the sanctum, sanctorum of the temple at midnight, broke open the doors and escaped with jewellery worth several crores of rupees. The articles stolen include precious items like diamond studded crown, silver, chakras, shankus and tirunamagalu. The theft came to light when the priest came to the temple for offering morning pooja. He then informed the police. Santhanam, a temple priest said, according to a 2002 valuation by the endowment department, the stolen jewellery was worth Rs 1.5 crore. The present value of the jewellery could be many crores more as the prices of gold and silver have sky-rocketed since 2002, Santhanam said. These gold ornaments were gifted to the temple mainly by erstwhile Mysore Wadiyar kings and devotees.''Since they also have an antique value, the stolen articles are priceless,'' he said. Meanwhile, police suspect the involvement of security guards. According to the police, Yoganarashimha Temple has strong iron doors and they cannot be broken unless the thieves have help from temple staff. Circle inspector S T Siddalingappa said the guards are absconding and their involvement in the crime cannot be ruled out. The theft in the century old temple has raised many questions about the temples' security. The temple is under the State endowment department, which is responsible for its security. Temple's administrator Poovappa, Assistant Commissioner Purnima, Pandavapura taluk tahashildar Shilaja, ASP D M Krisnam Raju and endowment department officers visited the scene. Pandavapura police have registered a case. --- " Dr. Sadagopan " <yennappan (AT) computer (DOT) net> wrote: > SrI: > > Dear Malolan : > There was no content in your message > on this topic . What happened ? > > V.S > Now you can chat without downloading messenger. Go to http://in.messenger./webmessengerpromo.php -- With Best wishes, Vijayaraghavan.S Important notice:This e-mail and any attachment thereto contains corporate proprietary information. If you have received it by mistake, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and delete this e-mail and its attachments from your system. Thank You. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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