Archive · 26 Dec 2025
Puri Jagannath Temple Inventory to Start Early 2025
The Puri Jagannath Temple in India has a special treasure room called the Ratna Bhandar.
This room has lots of valuable things like ornaments.
The last time they counted everything was in 1978.
Now, a committee led by Justice Biswanath Rath is planning to count everything again.
They will start early next year, maybe in January.
They will use electric lights this time, which should make the counting easier and faster.
The temple officials will make sure the counting does not disturb the daily rituals.
They will also make a plan for how to handle and document the valuables.
The committee will meet on December 27 to discuss this plan.
The last time the counting took 72 days, but they hope to finish it faster this time.
The inventory of valuables in the Puri Jagannath temple’s Ratna Bhandar is likely to begin in January 2025.
The exact dates for the inventory are yet to be decided, with a meeting scheduled on December 27 to discuss the Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).
The previous inventory was conducted in 1978 and took 72 days to complete.
The committee will count all items in the inner chamber of the treasury and tally them with the 1978 inventory.
The inventory will be conducted while respecting the temple’s rituals and is expected to be completed in less than 72 days, with the help of electric lighting and digitization of the ornaments and valuables.
- Who
- Justice Biswanath Rath, Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee, State Law Minister Prithiviraj Harichandan
- What
- Inventory of valuables in the Puri Jagannath temple’s treasury (Ratna Bhandar)
- When
- Likely to begin in January 2025, with a meeting on December 27 to discuss the SOP
- Where
- Puri Jagannath Temple, India
- Why
- To update the inventory of valuables stored in the Ratna Bhandar, which was last conducted in 1978
- Location
- Puri, India
- Committee Chairman
- Justice Biswanath Rath
- Previous Inventory Year
- 1978
- Previous Inventory Duration
- 72 days
- Treasury Reopening Year
- 2024
- Meeting Date for SOP Discussion
- December 27
- Expected Inventory Completion Time
- Less than 72 days