THANJAVUR: A two-foot-tall

idol

of

goddess

Amman was unearthed from a

in

in Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu on Thursday.

Municipality workers cleaning the canal found the idol. Revenue officials, who took control of the idol, were trying to ascertain whether it was a panchaloha idol or a brass one.

Around 10 conservancy workers were engaged in cleaning a sewage canal in ARR Olaipattinam area in Kumbakonam on Thursday morning. They noticed a gunny bag in the sewage. They lifted the bag, opened it and found a metal idol in it.

The workers alerted their superiors who in turn alerted revenue officials.

Police said some miscreants who had stolen the

idol might have dumped it in the canal.