Sabarimala temple. File | Photo Credit: Hind
The criticizing Council of Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) for the alleged inability to maintain the right valuables in the Sabarimal Temple and ordered Keral High Court to make a comprehensive inventory and professional evaluation of valuables in the temple.
The court appointed KT Sankaran, judge of the Keral High Court to represent the alleged and trusted jewelry appraiser for proven expertise to perform all items in the strong room recorded in the Thiruvabharanam register and those that are gold.
Such documentation is essential for assessing the exact amount and value of the temple valuables, the court said and ordered the alert officer to explore the “forfeiture” of this matter by Devaswom officials. This comes as a result of a report submitted by a special Commissioner Sabarimal about the alleged removal of copper coverage of copper idols of Dwarapalak from the temple without its permission and their transport to the company in Chennai for repairs.
The divisional bench of justice Raja Vijayaraghavan V and justice KV Jayakumar heard the proceedings of the initiated Suo Motu on the basis of a report submitted by a special commissioner on the matter.
‘Continue the probe’
The court also ordered the main alertness and security officer to continue the investigation in a firm way and induce irregularities. He should also explore the lunges, if there are, Devaswom officials, since gold -dressed copper covers were handed over to the sponsor, unnikrishnan Potty, in a very occasional way. This matter was published for hearing in October.
The September 17 High Court ordered the probe into the alleged inconsistencies that led to the weight of the copper golden grown coverage of more than 4 kg of 42.80 kg since 2019. On the same day, it ordered the main vigilance and security officer (superintendent) to order within three weeks.
Published – 29. September 2025 20:59
