Bhubaneswar, Nov. 27 -- A technical team of Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and experts from IIT Chennai studying the status of cracks inside Puri Srimandir's Nata Mandap have expressed 'contrasting' opinions over the repair of the structure inside the 12th century shrine.

One team of ASI led by its Additional DG, Janhwij Sharma and the other one constituting a group of experts from IIT Chennai led by Professor Arun Menon thoroughly inspected the cracks developed on the Nata Mandap of the temple today.

NK Mohanty, the Amicus Curiae appointed by the Orissa High Court to oversee conservation work of the Jagannath Temple, on Sunday spilled out the discordance between the teams while reviewing the cracks on the beam of the temple's Nat...