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Monkey Helps Police Recover Deity

Reprinted from: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=109944528

[See also "Jagannath Deity Stolen from Puri Temple"]

Monkey Helps Police Recover Idol

IMRAN KHAN

BHUBANESWAR: A monkey, reportedly, played a key role in recovering the astadhatu idol of Madan Mohan, one of the two idols stolen from the Jagannath temple in Puri, Monday morning. Police sources said it was a monkey that led the search party to the well in which the idol was found. "The monkey behaved differently. It led the team to the well where the idol was found," sources said.

At a time when the police team was frantically searching every nook of the 13th century Jagannath temple complex for the idol, the monkey kept raising its hand and making different sounds to attract the attention of the officer supervising the search operation, the sources said.

Initially, the official ignored the monkey’s gestures.

However, after some time, out of sheer curiosity the official went near the monkey, which raised its hands and pointed towards a well. Taking cue, the police pumped out water from the well to find the idol lying at the bottom.

The temple’s priests reportedly offered fruits to the monkey as a reward for his noble job.

CHAKRA 19 November 2001

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