•A valuable silk saree adorned by Seethamma at Sri Seetharamachandraswamy Temple in Bhadrachalam has gone missing, causing concern among devotees.
•A devotee offered clothes worth Rs. 50,000; Rama and Lakshmana's clothes were safe, but Seethamma's Rs. 30,000 saree disappeared, replaced by an ordinary one.
•This is not an isolated incident; past thefts include Seethamma's golden mangalsutra, Lakshmana's locket, a 5 kg silver brick, and another silk saree during Sri Ramanavami.
•Temple EO Damodar Rao ordered an internal inquiry, stating negligent staff would pay for the saree and strict measures would be implemented.
•Devotees demand thorough CCTV footage examination and criminal cases against those responsible for security lapses at the sacred site.
