Silver price spike challenges Srikalahasti temple's puja tradition

The Srikalahasti temple in India is facing a problem because the price of silver has gone up a lot.

The temple gives silver snake figurines called Naga Padigalu to people who come to perform a special prayer called Rahu Ketu puja.

These figurines are very important for the prayer.

The temple used to collect the silver back after the prayer and reuse it, which helped them save money.

But now, some people are buying tickets just to get the silver and sell it, which is causing the temple to lose money.

The temple is trying to stop this by giving the silver only during the prayer and asking for ID cards.

They might also have to increase the price of the tickets to cover the cost of the silver.