The treasury of the famous Banke Bihari temple in Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, is scheduled to be opened after 54 years. According to the temple caretaker, Ghanshyam Goswami, the treasury will be opened on Dhanteras on October 18, news agency ANI reported.

“Banke Bihari's treasury will be opened today after 54 years on Dhanteras. Those who belong to the high-power committee should be allowed entry to the treasury.... Apart from judicial and administrative officers, four nominated Goswamis reserve the right,” Ghanshyam Goswami told the news agency.

The Banke Bihari temple treasury, located directly beneath the Lord’s throne in the sanctum sanctorum, was last opened in 1971, when precious jewellery and other ornaments were moved to a bank. Jewellery removed from the treasury was shifted to

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