The Sabarimala Ayyappa temple in Kerala became the focus of a fresh controversy on Monday (September 9, 2025), with the Special Commissioner informing the Kerala High Court that the gold-plated sheets ...
Taking strong exception to the removal of gold-plated copper coverings from the ‘Dwarapalaka’ idols in the Sabarimala temple and their transportation to a firm in Chennai for restoration without ...
The Kerala High Court on Friday ordered the seizure of all documents relating to the gold-plating and cladding of the idols, including details of a “former pair” of Dwarapalaka idols. A Division Bench ...
A bench of justices Raja Vijayaraghavan V and K V Jayakumar noted that according to the records regarding the gold-cladded copper plates of the idols, when they were removed in 2019 for fresh ...