Overview
- The exercise begins with access limited to authorised staff, daily handover of the treasury keys to the district vault, and public darshan maintained behind barricades.
- Crews will capture videography, photography and 3D mapping to build a secure, transparent record of every item.
- A specialist team of gemologists, Reserve Bank of India representatives, empanelled goldsmiths and temple servitors will identify items without assigning any value.
- The plan moves in phases from movable ornaments in the outer chamber to the inner chamber, with each entry tallied against the 1978 inventory.
- Officials expect the use of imaging and streamlined steps to cut the timeline to about a month, with work paused on festival or heavy-footfall days to protect rituals.