Kapaleeswarar Temple Looted

This Wednesday, 16th April,08 Chennai’s renowned temple at Mylapore witnessed another mishap. After the distressing incident when a lightning struck the temple’s tower last month, bad omens were predicted to transpire Kapaleeswarar Temple, Mylapore, Chennai. Several oblations have been performed in order to pacify the gods and protect the city soon after.

Counting of the offerings at the temple Photo Source : THE HINDU

Now that everything is set back to normal in the temple, one more depressing event happened on Wednesday. A bulky sum of 50 grands was looted after breaking open the hundi of main sannidhi of Kapaleeswarar Temple. The night before the theft occurred, sources said that an unidentified person was found inside the premises of the temple that was not found on Thursday morning.

The theft was noticed by a watchman and a temple priest who came in to open the doors to the sanctum sanctorum of the main deity on Thursday around 5-30 a.m. The hundi, in the form of a three-and-a-half foot tall stainless steel circular drum, was found tied to a pillar some distance away from its original place.

It is said that the security CCTV cameras were not functioning during the night and the burglar alarm did not go off even after the hundi was repositioned. Evidence of the thief(s) is also missing, who might have sneaked out in the morning.

Although, much of planning is required to make away with such a considerable amount of cash from a secured temple, some underhand work from the officials might help the culprits get away with it. “சிவன் சொத்து குல நாசம் "which means “Lord Shiva’s property, once stolen destroys your lineage” is a saying in Tamil. I am sure the thieves must have known this fact, and will repent over this deplorable act.