Odisha: ASI team and SJTA members in Puri Jagannath Temple, to inspect Ratna Bhandar soon

Puri: The ASI team and the SJTA team on Monday visited the Puri Jagannath temple with plans of inspection of the Ratna Bhandar soon.

The team today studied the present state of the Ratna Bhandar and the Natamandap.

The decision was taken in the meeting of the management committee meeting of the temple to repair the inner walls of the Ratna Bhandar during the next year’s Rath Yatra.

Recently on August 4, the Collector said that a high-level team led by a retired judge of the Supreme Court or High Court will supervise the opening of Ratna Bhandar for inspection which be done through laser scanning.

Prior to that, a special technical committee including members of the managing committee, some servitors, and members of the ASI will be formed to assess the condition of the outer part of the Ratna Bhandar with the help of the modern survey mechanisms,.

The collector further added that the ASI will present the report in the next managing committee meeting based on which the Srimandir Managing Committee will request the State government to reopen and repair the inner Ratna Bhandar.