Suthamalli is a village in the Udayarpalayam taluk of Ariyalur district, Tamil Nadu, India.
Demographics
As per the 2001 census, Suthamalli had a total population of 3922 with 1932 males and 1990 females.Primary Census Abstract, Directorate of Census Operations-Tamil Nadu
Temples Historical Sundaresvarar Temple and Varadaraja Perumal Temple are located here.
Idol theft The Chola-era bronzes belonging to both the temples were stolen sometime before 2008. The Idol Wing of the Tamil Nadu Criminal Investigation Department (IW-CID) has traced some of them to the United States.
Varadaraja Perumal Temple S.No. Deity Stolen Idol traced to Country Current status More Details1 Vishnu Recovered 2 Sridevi Recovered 3 Bhudevi Recovered 4 Chakratalvar Recovered 5 Unknown
Sundaresvarar Temple S.No. Deity As named in Idol Wing report Stolen Idol traced to Country Current status More Details1 Nataraja Natarajan ICE United States Unknown 2 Uma Parameshvari Sivagami Amman / Thani Amman ICE United States Unknown 3 Parvati Parvathy / Thani Amman Private collector Belgium Unknown 4 Parvati Sivagami Amman ICE United States Recovered 5 Trishul Deepalakshmi / Asthiradevar ICE United States Unknown 6 Somaskanda Somaskandar Unknown 7 Kartikeya Murugar / Subramaniyar ICE United States Unknown 8 Valli Valli Unknown 9 Chandikeshwara N/A ICE United States Unknown
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