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Odisha, the land of faith, tradition, and resilience, now seems to have grappled between an uneasy balance of crime and accountability. A big question, whether crimes are really on the rise in the state or we are simply witnessing what has long been hidden, now pervades Odisha streets and sacred spaces.
From late 2024 through mid-2025, Odisha witnessed an alarming flurry of temple thefts. In a disturbing pattern as many as ten temples were looted in just six months; ornaments, idols, donation boxes targeted with callous precision.
Temple loot incidents spanned from the theft at Panchamukhi Hanuman Temple in Cuttack in January t...