Donations worth Rs 1.61 Crore for Speedy Recovery of Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa

October 23, 2016: Praying for the early and speedy recovery of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, a group of people adorned the Ganesha and Hanuman idols at the Chamundeshwari Temple on Chamundi Hills, Mysore with gold and silver articles.

The gold and silver articles donated by Sri Jaya Publications, Chennai and the Kodanad Estate were worth Rs. 1.61 crore, mentioned HT report. This group of people from Tamil Nadu went to Chamundeshwari Temple on Friday to pray for the good health and quick recovery of Jayalalithaa and offered gold and silver articles at the temple. Temple authorities said that the donations at the temple have been registered in the names of Sri Jaya Publications, Chennai and the Kodanad Estate, Nilgiris, as quoted by The Hindu.

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According to the Hindu, the articles made of 1,689 grams of gold and 4,852 grams of silver, the total value of articles worth Rs. 42,29,614, by Sri Jaya Publications, have been donated to the Ganesha idol on the Chamundi Hills. 4,710 grams of gold and 14,980 grams of silver have been donated to the Hanuman idol by the Kodanad Estate, Nilgiris whose total worth was equal to Rs. 1,18,47,543 from the information which was given by the Temple office. The donations were then entered in the Temple registry after they were valued by a local jeweller.

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SPECIAL POOJA

Shashishekar Dixit, the head priest of Sri Chamundeshwari Temple told that including Sri Jaya Publications, five people visited the temple and also performed Special pooja for the speedy recovery of Jayalalithaa, as reported to The Hindu.

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K.M. Prasad, Executive Officer of the Temple told The Hindu that articles to the temple were donated on Thursday and the idols were decorated with them on Friday. Special poojas were then performed to the Lord Ganesha and Hanuman who are located at the entrance to the main temple and in front of the sanctum sanctorum respectively after they were adorned with the articles of gold and silver.

The articles included Kavacham for Lord Hanuman's idol and a Gold crown for the idol of Lord Ganesha. He also said that the size of the idols was taken 10 years ago and articles were then crafted accordingly.

According to the Temple sources, Jayalalithaa's last visit to the temple was in 2011 when she turned 63 and she had visited the temple earlier also on few special occasions.

– prepared by Chesta Ahuja, NewsGram. Twitter: @ahuja_chesta