This is an interesting news report. As far as I know there has never been an estimate made of the amount of resources at the disposal of the village dieties across India. This is meant to be common property of the public in the village and that it is held in the name of the village diety provides a sense of security for the property. There was never a question of material valuation or external security for these.
That there is a news report (below) on the security needs indicates that the 'other india' (that one which looks at every village resource as a commercial opportunity) is taking note. Is this a threat?? Flag this and keep watching.
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village deities worth a billion: "Indian village deities worth a billion
Baldev S Chauhan in New Delhi October 06, 2006 02:20 IST"
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