“Bronze Idol Stolen From 1,000-Year-Old Chola-Era Temple Near Tiruchirappalli”, The Commune, June 17, 2026
“A bronze idol belonging to the historic Meenakshi Sundareswarar Temple in Nannimangalam village near Lalgudi in Tiruchirappalli district was reportedly stolen by unidentified persons, as reported in Dinamalar.
According to police, the temple, believed to have been built during the Chola period, is over 1,000 years old. The theft came to light on Monday morning when temple priest Lakshmanan arrived to open the shrine and discovered that the locks on the temple’s main entrance and inner precinct doors had been broken open and the temple’s bronze Utsavar (processional deity) idol was missing.
The stolen idol, made of bronze, is said to weigh around 11 kilograms and about one foot tall…..”
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