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Sabarimala Temple Gold Sheets: KLHC Wants Records Seized
The New Indian Express Dharmapuri
|September 13, 2025
HARDENING its stance against the Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) for sending gold-plated sheets of 'dwarapalaka idols' of the Sabarimala temple to Chennai for repair without following proper procedure, the Kerala High Court on Friday directed the TDB's chief vigilance and security officer (SP) to seize all the records related to the gold plating of the idols and other items since the date of original cladding.
It also suo motu impleaded Unnikrishnan Potty of Bengaluru, who is sponsoring the repair, and Smart Creations of Chennai, which is undertaking it, in the case and asked the registry to issue "urgent notice of the proceedings."
This story is from the September 13, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Dharmapuri.
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