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In a major announcement on the sidelines of the 79th Independence Day celebrations in Puri, Law Minister Prithviraj Harichandan confirmed that the long-awaited Srimandir Managing Committee will be constituted within the next week.

The move marks a crucial step in strengthening administrative oversight of the 12th-century Jagannath Temple, including a long-pending official inventory of the Ratna Bhandar's valuables and ornaments.

Addressing the public after hoisting the national flag at Talabania Sports Complex, the Minister said that all procedural formalities for the Committee's formation have been completed by the Odisha gover...