Incident Details
Dinesh, a resident of , accidentally dropped his iPhone into the Arulmigu Kandaswamy Temple's hundi whileAttempting to make a donation. Temple authorities claimed the device now belongs to the deity.
Despite Dinesh's efforts, including lodging a complaint with the HR and CE (Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments) officials, the temple maintained its stance, offering only the SIM card for data retrieval.
Temple's Policy and Tradition
The temple's executive officer, , emphasized that once an item is placed in the hundi, it becomes the temple's property, a tradition upheld by opening the hundi only once every two months.
The incident drew comparisons to a scene from the 'Palayathamman', where a baby accidentally dropped into a temple's hundi becomes temple property, highlighting the temple's strict adherence to its policies.