Puri: The Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee on Friday placed top priority on the long-awaited inventory and valuation of jewels stored in the Ratna Bhandar, deciding that the entire exercise will be carried out in phases and all precious ornaments will be digitised. The committee has set an ambitious deadline, stressing that the process must be completed before Akshaya Trutiya.

The crucial meeting, chaired by Gajapati Maharaja Dibyasingha Deb and spanning nearly four hours, reviewed a wide spectrum of administrative, infrastructural and security-related matters concerning the 12th-century shrine.

Chief Administrator of Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA), Dr. Arabinda Padhee, briefed the media that a significant portion of the discussion revolved around implementing a f

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