We raised this issue of gold rigns and chains before. We discovered where they get them from too. They demand them of their followers (naturally, it is not their own money that buys them. My guess is they do not even declare or pay tax on them.
Its a wonder in a country like India that they have nothing better with their money to do than give out chains to VIPs and important people.
I have nothing against the BKs mugging their followers for money and jewellry IF they were going to do some social good with it, e.g. clean air, clean water, sewers, food etc. But to use it in this manner stinks. It is really unclassy. Honestly, who is really going to be attracted by that. Oh, I saw some Western VIPs wearing the jewellry too ...
Its funny, but this mania goes right back to their founder Lekhraj Kirpalani who used to waste tonnes of money sending VIPs what must have been very expensive books and presents with crazy predictions in them, e.g. End of the World in WWII or 1950 ...