Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 4 (PTI) Bengaluru-based businessman Unnikrishnan Potty, facing allegations related to the gold-plating of Dwarapalaka idols at the Sabarimala temple, on Saturday said documents provided by TDB had stated that the plates were made of copper.

Speaking to reporters outside his residence here, Potty, the gold plating sponsor, said, "The document given to me noted that the plates were copper. The same was also mentioned in the Mahazar records. I can only go by the documents".

He said that he had only recently learned that the plates had been wrapped in gold earlier. “Perhaps due to depreciation, the gold layer was lost over the years. Maybe this was why Travancore Devaswom Board (TDB) decided on re-plating.” He clarified that he had no role in the reported disappearanc

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