Miscreants torch junked chariot wheels of AP\'s Kanipakam temple
2 years, 10 months ago

Miscreants torch junked chariot wheels of AP\'s Kanipakam temple

Deccan Chronicle  

TIRUPATI: Tension prevailed across the temple town of Kanipakam in Chittoor district after unidentified persons set fire to old chariot wheels of ancient Varasiddhi Vinayaka Swamy Temple during early hours of Thursday. The wheels, along with other scrap materials, were later shifted to an open place near Goshala, about half-a-kilometre from the temple. When Deccan Chronicle contacted assistant commissioner and in-charge executive officer of Kanipakam temple P. Kasthuree, she disclosed that the original chariot of the temple is safe and intact. Sri Varasiddhi Vinayaka Swamy Temple in Kanipakam village is about 12 km from headquarters of Chittoor district.

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A list of Hindu temple attacks in recent months in Andhra Pradesh
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A list of Hindu temple attacks in recent months in Andhra Pradesh

Op India  

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