Suthamalli | |
|---|---|
village | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Ariyalur |
| Population (2001) | |
| • Total | 3,922 |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Vehicle registration | TN- |
| Coastline | 0 kilometres (0 mi) |
| Sex ratio | 1020 ♂/♀ |
| Literacy | 55.61% |
Suthamalli is a village in the Udayarpalayam taluk of Ariyalur district, Tamil Nadu, India.
As per the 2001 census, Suthamalli had a total population of 3922 with 1932 males and 1990 females. [1]
Historical Sundaresvarar Temple and Varadaraja Perumal Temple are located here.
The Chola-era brozes belonging to both the temples were stolen sometime before 2008. [2] The Idol Wing of the Tamil Nadu Criminal Investigation Department (IW-CID) has traced some of them to the United States. [3]
| S.No. | Deity | Stolen Idol traced to | Country | Current status | More Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vishnu | Recovered | [4] | ||
| 2 | Sridevi | Recovered | [4] | ||
| 3 | Bhudevi | Recovered | [5] | ||
| 4 | Chakratalvar | Recovered | [5] | ||
| 5 | Unknown | ||||
| S.No. | Deity | As named in Idol Wing report | Stolen Idol traced to | Country | Current status | More Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nataraja | Natarajan [6] | ICE | United States | Unknown | [7] [8] [9] |
| 2 | Uma Parameshvari | Sivagami Amman / Thani Amman [6] | ICE | United States | Unknown | [8] [10] |
| 3 | Parvati | Parvathy / Thani Amman [6] | Private collector | Belgium | Unknown | [11] |
| 4 | Parvati | Sivagami Amman [6] | ICE | United States | Recovered | [8] [12] [13] |
| 5 | Trishul | Deepalakshmi / Asthiradevar [6] | ICE | United States | Unknown | [12] |
| 6 | Somaskanda | Somaskandar [6] | Unknown | |||
| 7 | Kartikeya | Murugar / Subramaniyar [6] | ICE | United States | Unknown | [8] [14] |
| 8 | Valli | Valli [6] | Unknown | |||
| 9 | Chandikeshwara | N/A | ICE | United States | Unknown | [12] [15] |
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... They will be handing over Vishnu and Shri Devi metal idols to Varadharajaperumal temple at Suthamalli in Ariyalur district on Friday. ...
... The TN police had on May 28 brought back two idols stolen from Varadharaja Perumal temple at Suthamalli in Ariyalur district -that of Boodevi and Chakarathalvar -valued at `11.75 crore in the international market. ...
... Vijay Kumar said that while the origin of the place of one of the two Nataraja idols remains untraced, the other idols were traced to the Varadaraja Perumal Temple at Suthamalli village in Tamil Nadu in 2008. ...
... Besides, another idol, Thaniamman alias Parvathi, from the Suthamalli temple has been traced to a private collector in Brussels in Belgium, the DIG said. ...
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