Archive · 7 Aug 2026
Youth Arrested for Bomb Hoax at Palani Temple
Someone made a scary phone call saying there was a bomb at a famous temple in Palani.
This happened on the day of a special festival called Aadi Krithigai, when many people from Tamil Nadu and Kerala were visiting the temple.
The police got worried and sent special teams with sniffer dogs to search for the bomb.
They looked everywhere — in the temple, the offices, the waiting rooms, the cloakroom and along the walking path.
After searching carefully, they did not find any bomb or anything dangerous.
The police said the threat was a hoax, which means it was a false alarm.
They still kept extra police and security at the temple to keep the devotees safe.
Later, the police found a 24-year-old man named Muniyappan and said he had made the call.
He said he did it because he was upset that he was not allowed a closer and longer view of the god.
He was arrested, and the police are investigating more.
An anonymous caller told the Dindigul district police control room that a bomb had been planted at the Arulmigu Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple in Palani before abruptly disconnecting the call.
The threat came on the auspicious occasion of Aadi Krithigai, when thousands of devotees from Tamil Nadu and Kerala had thronged the temple.
Dindigul superintendent of police Jeyakumar rushed bomb detection and disposal squad personnel and sniffer dogs; searches covered the hill shrine, Devasthanam office, girivalam path, tonsuring centre, cloakroom, restrooms and waiting halls.
No explosives or suspicious objects were found, and police declared the threat a hoax, while intensifying security across the temple complex and along the girivalam route.
Palani town police arrested Muniyappan (24) of Dharmapuri, who allegedly admitted making the hoax out of frustration after being denied a closer and longer darshan of the deity.
- Who
- Muniyappan (24) of Dharmapuri, a youth arrested by Palani town police
- What
- A bomb hoax at the Arulmigu Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple, where an anonymous caller claimed a bomb had been planted at the shrine
- When
- Thursday, on the auspicious occasion of Aadi Krithigai
- Where
- Arulmigu Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple, Palani, Dindigul district, Tamil Nadu
- Why
- The suspect allegedly made the threat out of frustration after being denied permission for a closer and longer darshan of the deity
- Temple
- Arulmigu Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple, Palani
- Occasion
- Aadi Krithigai
- Suspect
- Muniyappan, 24, of Dharmapuri
- Threat
- Anonymous call claiming a bomb was planted at the shrine
- Search result
- No explosives found; threat declared a hoax
- Police response
- Bomb detection and disposal squad with sniffer dogs; security intensified
- Police official
- Dindigul SP Jeyakumar
- Status
- Arrested; further investigation under way