Four antiquities were stolen from Chitraradha Vallabha Perumal temple in Kuruvithurai near Madurai on Saturday night.
The panchaloha idols, said to be around 100 years old, were burgled on Saturday midnight, Madurai district Superintendent of Police N. Manivannan said.
The unidentified persons stole the idols of Lord Vallabha Perumal, Goddess Sridevi, Goddess Boomadevi and Lord Srinivasagar from the temple located along the Vaigai river near Sholavandan.
The police said the culprits had not laid their hands on the temple hundi.
Three aged security men were sleeping outside the temple when the culprits broken the temple around 12:30 a.m. The crime came to light when the temple was opened on Sunday morning.
The temple CCTV footage showed two masked men entering the temple.
The police deployed a sniffer dog and forensic experts lifted fingerprints from the scene of crime.
The Kadupatti police have registered a case.
