First Day Of Puri Temple Inner Treasury Inventory Concludes Under Tight Security

The exercise uses technology under tight controls to verify the temple's sealed treasures against a 1978 record.

Overview

The inner Ratna Bhandar inventory, which began Monday in Puri, finished its first session after about six hours of work under police protection.
Officials opened and relocked the chamber using keys taken from and returned to the district treasury in a magistrate’s presence under a state-approved SOP.
Teams filmed, photographed, and 3D-mapped the hoard to create a digital catalogue for modern records and future checks.
Reputed gemologists verified precious stones as the team cross-checked items with the 1978 inventory list.
Temple rituals continued without disruption, with devotees allowed darshan from the outer corridor, and work pauses for Mahabishuba Sankranti before resuming April 16–18 as part of the first full inventory in 48 years.