The Banke Bihari temple’s Toshkhana in Mathura, locked since 1971, was opened under Supreme Court-appointed committee supervision. Brass utensils and wooden items were found, sparking concerns from the Goswami community over transparency and committee authority
Mathura (UP): The ‘Toshkhana’ (treasury) of the Banke Bihari temple in Mathura, which had been locked since 1971, was opened on Saturday on the orders of a high-powered committee constituted by the Supreme Court.
The ‘Toshkhana’ is the room located adjacent to the temple’s sanctum sanctorum. The Supreme Court , in its August 2025 order, had constituted a 12-member high-powered interim committee headed by retired Allahabad High Court judge Ashok Kumar to look after the day-to-day affairs of the temple.
” The room was opened und