Round 14 gold-plated copper sheets, introduced again from Sensible Creations in Chennai after electroplating as directed by the Kerala Excessive Courtroom, had been reinstalled by sculptors within the presence of temple clergymen and Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) officers, together with its president, P S Prasanth.
TDB officers mentioned the reinstallation ceremony lasted about an hour, following the temple's opening at 5 pm.
The plates had been positioned over the stone Dwarapalaka idols and secured with screws.
The temple will stay open for Thulam month rituals over the following 5 days, and round 30,000 devotees have registered on-line for darshan throughout this era, a TDB official mentioned.
President Droupadi Murmu is scheduled to go to the hill shrine on October 22.Mockingly, the reinstallation coincided with the arrest of Unnikrishnan Potty – the businessman who had sponsored the electroplating of the Dwarapalaka plates in 2019 – by the Particular Investigation Workforce (SIT) in reference to the Sabarimala gold lacking case.The Dwarapalaka plates had sparked controversy final month when the TDB eliminated them for re-plating at Sensible Creations with out the Kerala Excessive Courtroom's permission.
After analyzing paperwork associated to the 2019 electroplating work, the courtroom famous a discount within the gold weight and ordered a preliminary probe by the TDB Vigilance Wing.
The Vigilance later submitted a report citing critical misappropriation involving Potty and TDB officers.
The Excessive Courtroom subsequently appointed retired choose Justice Ok T Sankaran to organize a listing of the gold and different property of the Sabarimala temple and constituted an SIT, which registered two circumstances and arrested Potty.
