Probe into Kashi temple missing idols ordered

CHIEF EXECUTIVE Officer of the ancient Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust and Additional Commissioner (Judicial), Murlidhar Dubey has instituted an inquiry to look into the alleged missing of two idols of ?Ashtadhatu? from the Garb Grih (sanctum sanctorum) of Kashi Vishwanath temple.

CHIEF EXECUTIVE Officer of the ancient Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust and Additional Commissioner (Judicial), Murlidhar Dubey has instituted an inquiry to look into the alleged missing of two idols of ‘Ashtadhatu’ from the Garb Grih (sanctum sanctorum) of Kashi Vishwanath temple.

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Additional Chief Executive Officer of the trust, RS Pathak has been assigned the responsibility of carrying out the inquiry to trace the whereabouts of the missing idols. Pathak would be submitting his report to the Chief Executive Officer by Tuesday after checking the store and records of temple trust. It may be noted two small statues of Ashtadhatu known as Deeplaxmi placed on a corner of Garb Grih had been missing for a long time. Earlier, devotees used to place lighted lamps on the hands of these statues.