World's Richest Temple Gold Plating

The Tirumala Tirupati Devesthanam said it had no powers to carry out the exercise of drilling thousands of holes in the inner recess adorning the deities. New Delhi: Tirumala Tirupati Devesthanam on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that it has shelved the controversial decision on gold plating of the sanctum sanctorum of the shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirupati, the world`s richest temple. The decision to reconsider the move was taken in deference to the sentiments expressed by thousands of devotees and the Andhra Pradesh High Court`s judgement quashing the earlier resolution passed by the Tirumala Tirupati Devesthanam for the gold plating exercise, the board told the apex court. The Tirumala Tirupati Devesthanam said it had no powers to carry out the exercise of drilling thousands of holes in the inner recess adorning the deities in view of the restrictions imposed by Section 2(a) of the Ancient Monuments and Archeolgoical Sites and Remains Act, 1958.

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