When authorities of Arulmigu Renugambal Amman temple, which is maintained by HR&CE Department, in Padavedu village near Arani town in Tiruvannamalai district opened a ‘hundi’ for counting at 12.30 p.m. on Tuesday (June 24, 2025), they were in for a huge surprise — they found bundles of original property documents that is worth of around Rs four crore.
Officials of HR&CE said that it is a traditional practice for four to five members of the temple to count the cash offerings by devotees’ once in two months. The temple has a total of 11 hundis in its premises. As per routine, they opened the ‘hundi’ placed in front of the sanctum sanctorum of the temple when they found property documents along with other offerings like coins and currency notes.
