: Work on providing gold covering for sculptures of the famous Sri Andal temple's tower atop the main sannathi began today.
The officials said donors had given 70 Kg of gold worth Rs 25-crore for the work.
The 'fit person' of the temple Ravichandran inaugurated the work of fixing the gold plates today.
Assistant Commissioners Anitha and Hariharan and independent official Manavala Mamunigal Sannathi Jeer were present when the work began, they said.
Industrialist P R Ramasubramania Raja will oversee the entire work.
According to Devbhoomi-Dwarka collector and ex-officio
chairman of Dwarkadhish Temple trust committee H K Patel, no formal discussion has taken place yet among the trustees about depositing gold in the scheme.
Banaskantha collector and chairman of Ambaji Temple trust committee Dilip Rana clearly ruled out any possibility of depositing their temple gold under this scheme.
"At present, the work is underway to cover the main temple with gold. Whatever gold or cash we are receiving as donations at present, goes into decorating the outer layer of the temple. Thus, depositing gold under this scheme is out of question until this project gets completed," said Rana.
