![]() ![]() ![]() In response to CNA's queries, the police confirmed that a police report was lodged, adding that a 36-year-old man was arrested for criminal breach of trust as a servant. No other person was involved in the incident, according to the temple committee. It added that the chief priest was questioned and he later returned all the missing items. ![]() Regular audits are done to ensure that the gold ornaments are physically accounted for," said the temple. "Gold ornaments which are frequently used for prayers are kept under the custody of the Chief Priest in the inner sanctum of the Temple. In a media statement on Saturday (Aug 1), the temple said it discovered during an audit that the gold ornaments were missing. Following the kumbabishekam, a mandalabishegam (special prayers) lasted for 48 days.SINGAPORE: The chief priest of Singapore's oldest Hindu temple, the Sri Mariamman Temple, is under police investigation after gold ornaments under his custody were found missing. Around 100,000 people attended the kumbabishekam. The first kumbabishekam for the temple was on February 14, 2016. In addition to having other deities carved in walls of the temple, there stands a 65 feet (20 m) Shiva lingam in the center of the temple, behind the main gopuram. The temple was built in the Dravidian style, and the temple features 4 gopurams, along with a total of 354 snakes carved around the temple. The goddess is known to be mounded on a snake, as most of the statues near the entrance are deities mounded on serpents. The temple is dedicated to the deity Nageswary Amman, a form of Amman. It is revered among many other temples, for the architecture is abstract and constructed differently, with statues of various deities being featured near the entrance. ![]() It was officially consecrated in February 2016. This temple was founded in 2013 by Datuk K. The Nageswary Amman Temple, officially known as the Om Sri Maha Athi Nageswary Amman Temple, is a Hindu temple located in Puchong, Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia. ![]()
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