The pit at the Ishwara temple, on the outskirts of Lyavigere village at Sagar taluk in Shivamogga district on Sunday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangementmore-inTreasure hunters dug up the premises of the abandoned Ishwara temple, on the outskirts of Lyavigere village in Sagar taluk, and also performed black magic to unearth treasure, early on Saturday. Following this, the incidents of digging near abandoned temples have being reported regularly near Lyavigere. In March 2017, another temple on the outskirts of Iduvalli village here was damaged. Human sacrificeA person was also murdered in a human sacrifice ritual in Anjanapura village near here on March 19.

Source: The Hindu April 15, 2018 18:56 UTC