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In UP village, unbroken faith in broken idols

Updated: April 12, 2015 05:44 IST
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Historic idol - The Hindu


A panchaloha idol of Srimedha Dakshina Murthy Swamy was allegedly stolen from a temple in the historic Venkatagiri town in Nellore district here on Saturday morning.

The idol was weighing nearly 95 kg with a high estimated value in the international market. It was stolen from the Kasi Viswanath Swamy temple in the town. The Venkatagiri rulers were stated to have got the idol made about 300 years ago.

Sources said the miscreants might have entered the temple in the early hours through the backdoor and escaped with the idol. Upon seeing the doors of the temple unlocked and something wrong happened, the temple priest informed the Venkatagiri Rajah’s descendant Saikrishna Yachendra.

Temple where the theft occurred (Photo: Venkatgiritown.blogspot.com)
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Three centuries old Panchaloha idol of Sri Medha Dakshinamurthy was stolen by some unidentified men from ancient Kasi Viswanath Swamy Temple in Venkatagiri town of Nellore district in Andhra Pradesh in wee hours of Saturday.
 
Damn barbarians these people. Same centuries ago as to this day

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those raiders were ISIS of that century......:(


These whole bunch is ISIS.

Wake-up from Sickular Sleep before everything is lost.

Another ISIS, another era, same targets.

This is a good symbol of people coming to terms with their past. Are they going on a rampage to avenge this? No. Truth is necessary and in the long run - harmless.
 
Did you see todays news, they are destroying the babylonian cities with bombs....

Isis video shows complete destruction of ancient city of Nimrud in Iraq - Middle East - World - The Independent

Their ignorance has no limits....

bro... i have a feeling that those statues destroyed by isis were fake... i mean the real statues were sold in black market... isis are good businessman... now when they showed the statues being destroyed, no one will come to search the original one....
well this is my guess....
 
Did you see todays news, they are destroying the babylonian cities with bombs....

Isis video shows complete destruction of ancient city of Nimrud in Iraq - Middle East - World - The Independent

Their ignorance has no limits....

Yes, Just some hours back i have saw about the destruction of Nimrud statues.

All these things are linked to International politics and you will see that in some days , there will be news of those statues being sold.

Dailymail
  • The attack, near Mosul, took place last month, but a seven-minute video of destruction has now emerged
  • It shows militants hacking and drilling away at 3,000-year-old relics and blowing up the ancient ruins
In the slickly produced seven minute footage, jihadists are shown smashing shrines and statues in the 2,000-year old city.

Iraqi Assyrian city of Nimrud dating back to the 13th century B.C.

.....

Three different dating has been given.

Nimrod was the King , some what during the Period of Prophet Ibrahim and according to rough calculation , Prophet Ibrahim era was around 4,500 - 5,000 years ago.
 
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Three precious idols stolen from temple in Bihar | Zee News

Last Updated: Friday, April 17, 2015 - 12:55

Supaul: Unidentified thieves stole three precious idols from a temple in Bihar's Supaul district, a police officer said on Friday.

The incident took place late last night as the thieves entered into the Ramjanakti Temple located in market area by breaking grill of the shrine and decamped with three idols of Lord Rama, Goddess Sita and Lord Hanuman, Pipra police station in-charge Chandan Kumar said.

The stolen idols, said to about 48 years old, were made of Astadhatu stone, he said, adding its value was being assessed.

A case has been lodged in this connection and raids were being carried out to recover the stolen idols, the police officer said.

PTI

What is the cost of Astadhatu stone ?
 

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