A pink diamond, said to be part of a platinum necklace, features in a controversy that has hit one of India's richest temples - the Venkateswara Temple in Tirupati in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.
A former chief priest of the temple alleged last month that the temple's governing trust had misused funds and misappropriated or lost priceless items of ancient jewellery from the temple's stock.
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