AP temple deity decorated with £250,000 worth of cash, gold

Vishakhapatnam: Administrators of a 130 year old temple in Andhra Pradesh have decorated a deity of Goddess Vasavi Kanyaka Parameswari with Indian and foreign currency notes and gold ornaments worth £250,000 on the occasion of Navratri. The goddess at the Sri Kanyakaparameswari Devasthanam Temple in Viskhapatnam was decorated to mark the 'Sri Mahalakshmi Avatram' of the goddess during the Navratri celebrations. On the eighth day of Navratri the goddess is worshipped as Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth. President of the temple's administrative wing, K Ramakrishnan said, “We started with only one 1,00,000 (rupees) first and after that we are continuing 1,00,000; 200,000; 3,00,000; 4,00,000, and now we decorated Mahalaxmi avatharam with money and gold, £250,000 cash and £1000,000 worth of gold.” Indian currency was in the denominations of rupee 1 to rupees 1,000.