Love Letters, Demonetised ₹1,000, ₹500 Notes Found In Medaram Hundis
7 Feb 2026 6:17 PM IST7 Feb 2026 6:17 PM IST
The counting began this week at the TTD Kalyana Mandapam in Hanamkonda, where officials opened donation boxes collected during the biennial tribal festival: Reports
Volunteers count the money collected in the Medaram Hundi at the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) Kalyana Mandapam in Hanamkonda — DC Image
Warangal: Officials counting cash and valuables from hundis at the Medaram Sammakka-Saralamma Maha Jatara have found personal letters, including love notes and legal petitions, alongside money and ornaments. The hundis also contained a mix of currency and valuables. Along with gold and silver ornaments, officials recovered foreign currency and demonetised ₹1,000 and ₹500 notes. Officials said the obsolete notes appeared to have been offered symbolically.
The counting began this week at the TTD Kalyana Mandapam in Hanamkonda, where officials opened donation boxes collected during the biennial tribal festival. According to officials, several devotees placed handwritten letters in the hundis, treating the ‘Vana Devatalu’ as divine arbiters of personal and family issues.
Among the letters were notes written by young devotees seeking divine intervention in romantic relationships and marriage-related matters, including parental opposition. Officials said the letters reflected personal appeals rather than formal offerings. In addition, officials found petitions relating to land disputes, family conflicts and marital issues. Some letters were written in the format of legal representations, seeking a divine resolution to long-pending property and domestic disputes.
The counting process was formally inaugurated by minister for endowments Konda Surekha at the venue on February 5. Over 500 staff and volunteers are engaged in the exercise under CCTV surveillance to count the contents of more than 800 hundis.
Officials said only a small number of hundis have been opened so far and the process is expected to continue for about a week.
Meanwhile, the counting of hundi offerings on Saturday saw cash collections touching ₹8.06 crore over the first three days. On Saturday alone, officials opened 140 hundis, yielding ₹2,01,92,723. This took the cumulative three-day total to ₹8,06,46,359, including foreign currency exchanges.
The massive counting operation covered 828 hundis, comprising 780 iron boxes, 45 cloth bags, and three rice hundis. While the counting of currency notes is progressing swiftly under official supervision, the counting of coins is yet to begin. All gold and silver ornaments recovered are being secured separately in locked iron hundis. The processed cash is being handed over to bank authorities on a daily basis as the marathon counting continues.( Source : Deccan Chronicle )
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