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 property 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, which took these decisions at its fourth meeting on Friday, 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. The committee has ordered videography and preparation of an inventory of articles and objects found in this room. A special supervisory committee has been formed for this purpose, including the auditor, the civil judge and circle officer of Vrindavan and a representative from the Goswami community. The 'toshkhana' was last opened 54 years ago and the doors have been closed since then, said Acharya Prahlad Vallabh Goswami, a sevayat or servitor. "The temple dates back to 1864 when 'Thakur Ji' was brought to the present location in Vrindavan. This room, often referred to as 'toshkhana', is beneath the seat of Bihariji, which houses jewellery and documents related to immovable assets of the temple, but no exact details are available of what all is there," Goswami said to HT on the phone. "The toshkhana was last opened in 1971 during the term of Pyarelal Fatehlal Goyal as the head of the temple management committee, which had been operative since 1939. The committee looked after management of the temple and had elections. The last elections were held in 2016 after which there was a dispute and the committee became defunct," Goswami said. The high-powered committee is headed by Justice (retired) Ashok Kumar of the Allahabad high court. Its members include Mukesh Mishra (retired district and sessions judge), Mathura district and sessions judge Vikas Kumar, Civil Judge/Munsif at Mathura Shipra Dubey, Mathura district magistrate Chandra Prakash Singh, Mathura SSP Shlok Kumar, Mathura-Vrindavan Nagar Nigam municipal commissioner Shyam Bahadur Singh, superintending archaeologist (ASI) Dr Smita S Kumar, beside people from the Goswami community. Among other decisions, the committee has decided to adjust the temple's daily "darshan" schedule. In summer, the temple will be open from 7 am to 12:45 pm and from 4:15 pm to 9:45 pm. The winter timings will be 8 am to 1:45 pm and 4 pm to 9:15 pm. To manage the large crowds and ensure fairness, the committee has banned all VIP passes and authorised the Mathura SSP to ensure that devotees start using only the designated entry and exit gates within three days....