A day after 34.5 kg of gold and 340 kg of silver stashed in Sai Baba's personal chambers Yajur Mandir was counted and its value revealed, more gold and silver articles tumbled out from the personal rooms of Sai Baba.
During the searches conducted from 10 am on Tuesday, officials found 1161 kg of silver worth Rs 7 crore, 1.79 kg of gold worth Rs 40 lakh, a golden crown (weighing half a kilo) worth Rs 11 lakh, Rs 36 lakh in cash and a diamond set worth Rs 4.76 lakh . A golden bracelet studded with Belgium diamonds, slippers made of silver, a silver throne, panchaloha idols of Lord Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, Hanuman and a statue of Lord Krishna were also found. Sources said 2,000 expensive silk saris, silk dhotis, watches, pens and gift articles were also found from various rooms. The officials also came across old currency and old personal articles made of silver and gold used by Sai Baba from one of the rooms.
Nearly Rs 35 crore worth of gold, silver and cash was found when Yajur Mandir was first opened on June 16 after Sai Baba's death on April 24. Apart from Rs 11.56 crore in cash, 98 kgs of gold and 307 kgs of silver were found from the personal chambers of Sai Baba then. On July 2, Rs 77 lakh worth valuables were unearthed and nearly Rs 18 crore worth gold, silver and cash was found on July 18 in the third round of counting. Till now, over Rs 50 crore worth of gold, silver and cash has been recovered in four rounds of inventories conducted inside the mandir. Ananthapur Collector V Durgadas said that whatever wealth that has been found so far has been deposited in Sathya Sai Trust account with the Bank. Trust members Indulal Shah, Bhagawati, Rathnakar, S V Giri, V Srinivasan, K Chakravarthi and Satyajit were present during the searches.
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