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BHUBANESWAR, ORISSA, INDIA, December 26, 2001: Gold and silver ornaments worth about US$851 have been stolen from the Jhadeswari temple, police sources said. Gold jewelry of Goddess Jhadeswari, silver ornaments of Goddess Laxmi, a silver crown and a silver canopy were stolen on Sunday night, they said. Police are yet to find a clue about the miscreants who had entered the temple premises after scaling the boundary wall and then breaking open the lock of the back door of the temple. This is the fourth such incident involving theft of gold and silver ornaments from temples in the state during the past two months.

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