The authorities of the Jagannath Temple in Puri decided that the inventory of jewellery and valuables stored in the refurbished ‘Ratna Bhandar’ (treasury) of the shrine will be completed before April next year, an official said.

He said that the authorities will also attempt to bring back silver ingots worth Rs 90 crore, which were recovered from the Emar mutt, a 1500-year-old monastery located just outside the Jagannath temple in Puri, in 2011, and are now kept in the district armoury.

Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) and the Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee held a crucial meeting chaired by Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb, the titular king of Puri, on Friday.

SJTA Chief Administrator Arabinda Padhee told reporters after the meeting that all the jewellery and val

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