Agra, Sept. 13 -- The high-powered management committee, constituted on Supreme Court orders, has directed a special audit of the Banke Bihari temple's movable and immovable assets covering a three-year period (2013-16), opening of a long-sealed room in the basement of the temple in Vrindavan and an end to the practice of VIP darshan.

The committee, headed by Justice (retired) Ashok Kumar of the Allahabad high court, took these decisions at its fourth meeting on Thursday evening and said the details of the special audit should be placed before it within 15 days.

It is after 54 years that the sealed room, popularly known as the 'toshkhana', will be opened, said a person associated with the temple. The committee has directed videography a...