Ornaments missing from Puri temple premises

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PURI: Two silver earrings of Lord Bata Ganesh were found missing from Sri Jagannath temple premises here on Saturday. The priest o..

PURI: Two silver earrings of Lord Bata Ganesh were found missing from Sri Jagannath temple premises here on Saturday. The priest of Bata Ganesh temple said he found the silver ornaments of the deity missing when he opened the temple. A complaint has been lodged with Singhadwar police station and investigation is on with the help of forensic team, police said.
Lord Ganesh's temple forms part of several smaller ones encircling the main temple known in local parlance as 'Bhittar Bedha', located at the southern gate of the 12th century shrine.Though all smaller temples and the main shrine remain closed during night hours, temple guards, along with armed police, man all the four gates of the edifice roundtheclock.

However, it has baffled many as to how the ornaments could be taken away without breaking the lock and why other silver ornaments of the deity were spared. The silver earrings were donated to the Lord by a devotee about 10 years ago.