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Jewellery goes missing at TTD temple

Tirupati:03.02.2019

In an embarrassment to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, precious jewellery, including three crowns worn by processional deities at the Govindaraja Swamy temple, managed by TTD, have gone missing.

TTD top brass, including Tirupati joint executive officer Pola Bhaskar and chief vigilance and security officer Gopinath Jatti, IPS, rushed to the Govindaraja Swamy temple after the jewellery missing episode was brought to their notice on Saturday.

According to sources in the vigilance and security, CCTV footage of the temple was being examined by senior officials to find out how the jewels went missing which is abuzz with pilgrims and security.

Senior officials as well as the vigilance wing questioned priests and paricharakas. The value of the missing crowns is yet to be made public. TNN

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