India, June 26 -- At Tamil Nadu's Arulmigu Renugambal Amman temple, it is a traditional practice for temple authority members to count the donations, usually cash offerings, from devotees once every two months.

During one such routine check on Tuesday, June 24, the temple members were surprised to find original documents of two properties worth Rs.4 crore inside one of the 11 'hundis' at the temple, The Hindu reported. A 'hundi' is the donation box where devotees drop cash and other offerings at a temple.

The temple is located in Tamil Nadu's Tiruvannamalai district near Arani town, and the devotee who donated original property documents was identified as S Vijayan, a retired Army official.

A native of Kesavapuram village, Vijayan has ...