Chennai: Tamil Nadu temple reportedly rejected a devotee’s request to return his iPhone after he accidentally dropped the Apple device into the “hundi” (donation box) at the temple.
Temple authorities claimed that anything dropped into the donation box “belongs to the deity”, The Times of India reported.
According to the report, Dinesh, a resident of Vinayagapuram, came to the Arulmigu Kandaswamy at Thiruporur near Chennai to collect his iPhone but returned empty-handed on Friday.
Last month, Dinesh had gone there with his family, and after worshipping the deity, went to drop some money into the hundi. While taking out notes from his shirt’s pocket, the Apple device fell into the box. He approached temple officials but was told that once an offering is placed in the hundi, it becomes a “property” of the deity.
Additionally, as per the tradition, the hundi is opened only once in two months, they reasoned.
