Tirupati Temple's quirky problem: It is stuck with Rs 4 crore in old notes

It is a common practice among devotees of Lord Venkateswara to keep depositing cash in tiny boxes

The famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara in Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh is trapped in a quirky situation of sorts and is now seeking providential assistance for a way out. It has received a whopping four crores in demonetised notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 from devotees in the last two months - past the deadline for their exchange. This, at a time, when the government has notified a law making possession of more than 10 scrapped notes a punishable offence with a minimum fine of Rs 10,000.

The temple administration has written to the government and the Reserve