PATHANAMHITTA: The statements made by the Devaswom Board and Unnikrishnan Potty regarding the removal of the Dwarapalaka sculpture panels at the Sabarimala Sannidhanam for repair have been proven false. Their claims collapsed after Advocate K.B. Pradeep, owner of the Chennai-based firm Smart Creations , revealed that what had been brought from Sabarimala to his factory in 2019 for gold plating were not the original panels, but newly made copper panels of the Dwarapalaka sculpture.

In 1999, the Dwarapalaka sculptures were covered with thin gold foils on copper sheets, sponsored by businessman Vijay Mallya. It has now become clear that this gold has completely disappeared. The owner of Smart Creations stated that their company never accepts anything for repair that was not originally made

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