Overview
- The treasury inventory, which began Wednesday during a 12:09 pm auspicious window, documented daily-use ornaments for about six hours before the doors were sealed in a magistrate’s presence.
- Officials said roughly 80% of movable jewellery was counted on day one with photography, videography and 3D mapping used to capture each piece.
- The process is staged, starting with the Chalanti store of daily-use items and moving next to the outer and then inner chambers, with work paused on major festivals and weekends.
- Each item is being matched to the 1978 list, tagged with new serial numbers and recorded in grams to replace older local units such as bhari.
- The audit runs under an Orissa High Court mandate with tight access, RBI and bank officials, gemologists, servitors and goldsmiths on teams, while rituals continue and devotees view darshan from outer barricades.