Cuttack (Odisha) [India], The Government of Odisha reconstituted a committee headed by Justice Biswanath Rath to monitor the Sri Jagannath Temple Managing Committee in making an inventory of the precious objects including jewelery stored in the Ratna Bandar of the Sri Jagannath Temple.

"The Government is pleased to dissolve the High Level Committee constituted vide Notification No. JTA-04/2024/2933/L, dated 02.03.2024 to monitor the process of inventory of valuable items including jewelery stored in the Ratna Bhandar of Shri In principle, Jagannath Temple, Puri,” the official order said.

A high-level committee headed by Justice Bishwanath Rath has been reconstituted to monitor the Sri Jagannath Temple Managing Committee in the inventory of precious items including jewelery stored in the gem store of Sri Jagannath Temple, Puri.

C.B.K. Mohanty, CA Rajib Sahu, Retd. IAS Jagdish Mohanty, Retd. IPS Prakash Mishra, Swami Pragyanand Ji, Harihar Hota, Padmashree Sudarshan Patnaik, representative of Sri Sri Gajapati Maharaj, representative of ASI, Madhu Sudan Singhari, Janardan Pattajoshi Mahapatra, Jagannath Das Mahapatra, Soumendra Muduli, Puri Collector and SJTA, Has been the Chief Administrator. Nominated as members of the panel.

Puri Jagannath Temple Odisha is known as the land of Lord Jagannath i.e. Lord of the Universe. Sri Jagannath Temple of Puri is one of the most important temples dedicated to Lord Jagannath, a form of Lord Vishnu, in Puri in the state of Odisha. The biggest attraction of Puri is the world famous Jagannath Temple. It is known by many names, such as Puri Temple, Srimandir, Bada Deu1 or simply Jagannath Temple.

The Temple of Jagannath is one of the tallest monuments in the entire Indian subcontinent and its height is approximately 214 feet above ground (street) level. It stands on a raised stone platform of about ten acres.