Unidentified persons broke into the historic Ammapalli Sita Ramachandraswamy Devasthanam temple near Shamshabad and stole a hundi containing approximately ₹5,000 in cash offerings.
According to police, the complainant, Chegomma Satyanarayana Murthi (59), has been serving as the chief priest of the temple for the past 32 years. He informed police that after completing the daily rituals on the evening of Tuesday, May 26, 2026, he locked the temple and returned home.
On the following morning at around 5 a.m., the priest, along with temple watchman Raju Mende, arrived at the temple and found that the locks of the main entrance doors had been broken. Upon entering the premises, they discovered that a small hundi kept inside the temple was missing.
During a search of the surroundings, the damaged hundi was later found abandoned, broken and empty near the temple mandapam. The police said approximately ₹5,000 in cash offerings kept inside the hundi was stolen.
Based on the complaint, the Shamshabad police registered a case and launched a probe to identify and trace those involved in the offence.
The historic temple, also known as Ammapalli Sita Ramachandraswamy Devasthanam, is a centuries-old shrine dedicated to Bhagavan Shree Rama and Mata Sita, renowned for its unique architecture and spiritual significance.
Such thefts from sacred temples violate the faith and devotion of millions of devotees who offer their hard-earned money with pure hearts.
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