More than a year after the Reserve Bank of India withdrew Rs.2000 denomination notes, some devotees dropped three notes of Rs.2,000 denomination in the hundi of Sri Kethaki Sangameshwara Swamy Temple, Jharasangam.
During the counting of the hundi’s collection from the last 45 days on the
premises of the temple on Saturday, the staff of the temple found these currency notes.
The RBI had said in April that nearly 97.69 per cent of the Rs.2000 denomination bank notes were returned to the banking system, and only Rs.8,202 crore worth of the withdrawn notes were still with the public.