AGRA: A day after several treasure rooms (toshkhana) of Mathura's Banke Bihari temple were ordered to be reopened by a Supreme Court-appointed panel for the first time in 54 years on Dhanteras, the shrine's priests on Sunday claimed that gold and silver bars, gemstones and precious coins were found inside a long box in one of the sealed chambers. Temple priest Dinesh Goswami, who was present during the survey, told TOI: "One gold bar and three silver bars were spotted by the team with ‘gulal' on it. They were recovered from a long box that was found in the toshkhana. The metals were each roughly 3-4 feet in length. In addition, a few gemstones of red and green colour, precious coins and utensils of different metals were found." The treasure rooms have remained locked since 1971,

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