Archive · 16 Aug 2025
Puri Temple Panel to be Formed to Oversee Valuables Inventory
The government is going to form a new group to manage a big temple in Puri.
This group will be in charge of looking after the temple and its treasures.
The treasury, called 'Ratna Bhandar', holds valuable items that need to be counted and checked.
The last time this was done was a long time ago.
The new group will help to make sure everything is safe and properly managed, and experts have been chosen to help count all the valuables.
Odisha Law Minister announced the Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee (SJTMC) will be reconstituted within a week.
Reconstitution will allow for an inventory of the temple's 'Ratna Bhandar' or treasury.
The RBI has nominated two experts for the inventory process.
The last full inventory of the Ratna Bhandar was conducted 46 years ago, in 1978.
The SJTMC has 18 members, with 10 nominated by the government and the rest being ex officio members.
- Who
- Odisha Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan announced the plans.
- What
- Reconstitution of Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee and subsequent inventory of Ratna Bhandar.
- When
- The SJTMC will be reconstituted in a week.
- Where
- Puri, Odisha
- Why
- To enable an inventory of the valuables in the temple's 'Ratna Bhandar'.
- Temple
- Shree Jagannath Temple
- Location
- Puri, Odisha
- Committee
- Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee (SJTMC)
- Inventory
- Ratna Bhandar
- Last Inventory
- 1978
- SJTMC Members
- 18 (10 government-nominated, others ex officio)