Deeply apologetic about his actions, an individual who had stolen the jewelry of the presiding deities, Lord Krishna and his consort Radha, from a temple in Odisha, jap India, has returned them after 9 years, together with two “sorry” notes.

The stolen and returned jewelry. Picture courtesy: Gopinath temple

The temple clergymen known as this a “miracle” — that they had given up all hope of ever getting again the precious jewelry, value about INR4 lakh, and now the thief had not solely returned each merchandise however even left an additional INR401 within the jewelry bag! Of this, INR301 was the thief’s dakshina (providing) to the deity, and INR100 was a token penalty for the theft.

The theft had occurred in May 2014 at Gopinathpur, close to Bhubaneshwar, the capital metropolis of Odisha. It really was a miracle that the thief had not, in all these years, melted the ornaments and offered the dear metallic. It was revealed by the “sorry” notes that regardless of efficiently stealing the ornaments and by no means being caught by the police, the thief had felt very uncomfortable with this all all through, and that he (or she) had additionally confronted many troubles in life. The clergymen interpreted this as divine retribution.

The thief left a bag full of the jewelry, dakshina, and the apology notes on the doorstep of an influential particular person within the neighbourhood, whose home was very near the temple.

Writing the notes in English, the thief mentioned that he (or she) had stolen the ornaments when a yajna (particular puja with a hearth ritual) was being carried out on the temple. But the loot didn’t deliver any happiness; there have been loads of issues. “Hence, I decided to surrender before the Gods and return the ornaments. I am not mentioning my name, address, or village,” he (or she) wrote.