Kumbathu Mariamman Temple is located at Kottakkadu in Pallipalayam, Namakkal District. Hundreds of devotees visit this temple daily as it is one of the most famous temples in the area. The number of devotees is high here on special days. Pujas are held at this temple every morning and evening.
In this temple, the temple priest had locked the temple gates after completing the evening puja on Saturday. The priest who came to open the temple the next morning was shocked to find that the temple hundi was missing. The hundi, which was about three feet high, was taken away by unidentified people. It was then revealed that unidentified burglars had broken into the Mariamman temple and had looted the offerings of the devotees present in the hundi.
The shocked temple priest immediately informed the police. Police officials rushed to the spot and are investigating the people of the area. Residents of the area have demanded that the police take immediate action as this is the second consecutive theft of the hundi at the temple in this densely populated area.
The public has also demanded that police patrol the area at night. Devotees in the area have been shocked by the second consecutive theft of temple hundi at the Pallipalayam temple.
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