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- Officials inspected the ornaments at the Prasanna Lakshmi Venkataramanaswamy Temple in Robertsonpet, KGF, on Thursday over allegations against the chief priest.
- Chief priest Ranjit allegedly took a temple ornament without permission to a town about 100 kilometres away to have it polished.
- Srivari committee member Babu filed a complaint seeking a check of all temple valuables, and the district officer instructed the tahsildar to verify the gold and silver list and register a criminal case if wrongdoing is found.
- Experts measured all ornaments brought from the treasury over two days, and the lists will be compared with the temple's official records.
- A new list of the temple's ornaments dating from 2009 is missing, and a report will be submitted to senior officials after the inspection.
What to watch next
- Comparison of the official list with the items found in the inspection
- Statement of the chief priest regarding the polishing of the ornament
- Report to senior officials and possible criminal case if irregularities are confirmed
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Named India · Muzrai Department · Prasanna Lakshmi Venkataramanaswamy Temple · Babu · Gayathri · Manjunath · Padmanabha Reddy · Ranjit · Selvamani · Srivari Committee
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