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Sabarimala Dwarapalaka Pedestal Found; Sponsor Under Suspicion

In 2019, under Unnikrishnan Potti's sponsorship, the copper panels of the idols were gold-plated at “Smart Creations” in Chennai

Pathanamthitta: The gold-plated pedestal (Peetham) of the Dwarapalaka idols at Sabarimala, which had earlier been reported missing, has been recovered. The Devaswom Vigilance team took the pedestal into custody from the house of a relative of Unnikrishnan Potti, the sponsor who had lodged the complaint about it being missing. With this, suspicion has now fallen on Potti himself.

The controversy had first erupted when it was revealed that the gold plates of the idols were taken to Chennai for repair work. Around that time, sponsor Unnikrishnan Potti complained that the

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