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Tirupati, Aug 22: The head priest of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) is reported to have stolen temple jewellery worth Rs 10 lakhs to marry off his daughters.

Kattu Venkata Ramana Dikshitulu, the head priest of Lord Sri Kodanda Ramaswamy temple and a father of three daughters admitted his guilt after being questioned by the TTD officials.

“I know I have committed a crime. I have three daughters and poverty forced me to do this," the priest said.

The priest confessed of having stolen the money two years ago to and mortgaged it to pay back the moneylenders.

“The priest has confessed to the theft. He claims he would have got the necklace back in a few months by repaying the debt," a TTD official said.

A case has been booked against the priest.

The Venkateswara shrine is adorned with ornaments worth 12 tonnes of gold and diamond jewellery worth Rs 52,000.

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Ashok 22 Aug 2009 10:26 pm
Strangely lot of Hindu priests get arrested during the Congress regime, but never that of other religions. Some people think that Congress does it to appease Muslims, but the more important reason is Congress wants to break Hindu's faith in their religion. This way Hindu's will not understand Congress's act of using religion to get votes, and keep voting for Congress!
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