India, July 8 -- The audit-cum-inventorisation of the valuables kept in Ratna Bhandar of the Jagannath temple in Puri would begin from August with experts from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) playing a role in it, Odisha law minister Prithviraj Harichandan said on Tuesday.

On Monday, Arabinda Kumar Padhee, chief administrator of the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration had said that both the inner and the outer chambers of the sacred vault had undergone structural repairs under the supervision of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) over 95 days.

The repair and restoration work of the treasury had started in December last year, five months after it was opened and all the valuables shifted to a secure place for its audit.

The law minis...