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Sabarimala Temple :Travancore Devaswom Board Suspends Officer Over Gold Plating Irregulaties Of ‘Dwarapalaka’ idols
The statement said that while serving as the administrative officer at the hill shrine, Babu committed a “serious lapse” by submitting a report to the Sabarimala executive officer on July 17, 2019, wrongly terming gold-plated Dwarapalaka idols found on both sides of the shrine’s entrance as copper-plated.
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The Travancore Devaswom Board, which manages the Sabarimala Lord Ayyappa temple, has suspended a senior official in connection with the alleged irregularities in gold plating of the temple’s ‘Dwarapalaka’ idols.
B Murari Babu, currently serving as the Deputy Devaswom Commissioner (Haripad), was suspended pending an enquiry, the TDB said in a statement.
According to media reports, The statement said that while serving as the administrative officer at the hill shrine, Babu committed a “serious lapse” by submitting a report to the Sabarimala executive officer on July 17, 2019, wrongly terming gold-plated Dwarapalaka idols found on both sides of the shrine’s entrance as copper-plated.
Speaking to reporters in Alappuzha, Babu denied the charges, saying the TDB has yet to seek any explanation from him.
“I had given a preliminary report at that time after seeking the temple tantri’s opinion in accordance with procedures. In that report, I wrote that it was a copper plate’ Why did I write like that? Because it was a copper plate. Copper was well clear in that. That’s why it was directed to be plated,” he claimed.