The police officials also said that three assailants attacked the temple's head priest Sankaranand Saraswati and his assistant. The attackers then ran away with valuables worth Rs 6,800.
Some unknown miscreants desecrated many Hindu god and goddess idols and flex banners in Pithapuram city in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh in the wee hours of Tuesday.
According to SDM Singh, some people regularly visited the place to consume alcohol and they suspect that these intoxicated men may have vandalised the temple and desecrated the Shani Dev idol.
Following the temple desecration temple in the heart of Delhi in Chandni Chowk, the Hindu organisations have come together to install the temple at the Gali Durga Temple in Hauz Qazi.