27 kg of gold belonging to Mariamman temple deposited in bank
The Hindu
The temple in Irukkangudi will get ₹2 lakh a month as interest
Over 27 kg of gold donated by devotees to Mariamman Temple at Irukkangudi was handed over to State Bank of India for depositing it under Reserve Bank of India's Revamped Gold Deposit Scheme, 2015. The temple would get a monthly interest of ₹2 lakh on the 5-year-deposit.
Revenue Minister K. K. S. S. R. Ramachandran, and Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments P. K. Sekar Babu, handed over the gold in the presence of former High Court Judge, R. Mala on the temple preimses.
HR and CE Commissioner J. Kumaragurubaran and Collector J. Meghanath Reddy, and MLAs, A. R. R. Srinivasan, S. Thangapandian, A.R.R. Raghuraman, were present.
The Ministers said that among gold ornaments that were donated by the devotees in the last 10 years, those not required for the temple would be melted and turned into gold bars and deposited in the Revamped Gold Deposit Scheme 2015.
The gold were segregated in the presence of former High Court Judge, Ms. Mala, in October 2021. A total of 27.236 kg of gold was handed over to the SBI officials for depositing in the name of the temple administration.
The returns on the deposit would be used for the temple maintenance, creating amenities for devotees.
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