Chennai: The state government will melt into the golden bit of jewelry bits offered by worshipers at the temple run by the Department of Religion and Hindu charity and deposit them in banks to raise funds for development projects and welfare schemes at the temple .
Three zonal panels led by retired high court judges will be arranged to oversee all exercises, HR & Minister CE P K Sekar Babu told the Assembly on Saturday.
Offering in large numbers over the past 10 years lying not used in the safe, he said.
Gems and precious stones in jewelry will be removed before sending gold to the government’s refinery in Mumbai to melt and convert to the gold bar.
They will, in turn, stored at the bank to generate income, he said.
Senior officials in the department said about 2,000 kg of gold jewelry can be converted to Gold Bars.
The department has conducted this exercise since 1978 to 2010.
It was stopped by the AIDMK government.
Verification officers will take the stock of gold jewelry to convert to Gold Bar in the next two weeks.
The entire share verification process will be recorded and telesstasts on the LED screen at Temple.
“It will also be broadcast live on our Department website,” said a senior official to Ti.
The income generated will be used to create better infrastructure for worshipers in all major temples, he said.
The official said the big temples such as Tirutter, Puni, Samayapuram and Tiruchendur would top in stock of gold jewelry.
“We will maintain a large golden jewelry piece to decorate the gods.
Only the ring and ear chain and a small nose that will be taken to melt.
The noble stones will also be maintained to decorate gods.
The gold bar, regardless of deposits in the bank, will also be used To make a golden temple car, “the official said.