90 per cent silver donated to Ambaji Mandir turn out to be duplicate

Ambaji: Around 90 percent silver came out to be duplicate when the items donated to Ambaji Mata Mandir by devotees were checked. 386 kg silver worth Rs 2.39 crores came out to be duplicate during the checking this year.

The silver items including jewelleries, Chhatra, Trishul gifted to the mandir by devotees were checked out of which 90 percent of silver is found to be duplicate. It is noted that the mandir has received 95 kg pure silver and 113 kg duplicate silver in the year 2020-21. The mandir had received 101 kg pure silver and 273 kg duplicate silver in the year 2019-20. DeshGujarat