A Nandi idol installed in a Shiva temple in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh was damaged on Saturday, leading to tension in the area, The New Indian Express reported on Monday. The idol was installed at a Shiva temple on the premises of Sri Abhaya Anjaneya Swamy Temple at Agara Mangalam village of the district.
Chittoor Deputy Superintendent of Police K Eswar Reddy formed three special teams to investigate the crime. “The Nandi idol, which was made with black stone, had developed cracks a few years ago,” he told reporters. “Then the village elders and temple committee members filled the cracks with ‘seesam’ [a lead-like liquid]. Following this, a rumour circulated that gold is kept under the Nandi idol. In their greed for gold, the culprits might have shifted the Nandi statue behind the temple and broke it.”
Chittoor Superintendent of Police Senthil Kumar…