Kuala Selangor (Malaysia): Thieves have desecrated three Hindu temples and stole gold platelets and navarathinam (precious stones) placed in the sanctum ground before the deity in Kuala Selangor in Malaysia.
The three estate temple managements, Tuan Mee, Coalfield and Kg Kuantan have expressed shock at the theft, the Tamil Nesan and Star reports.
Tuan Mee estate, Sri Maha Mariamman Temple chairman S. Subanathan estimated the thieves had grabbed 40 kilos of gold and the precious stones.
The Coalfield estate temple chairman M. K. Bala could not estimate the losses and said that such an incident had occurred for the first time at the 150-year-old temple.
Source: Yahoo News