Bhubaneswar, Sept. 16 -- Following the recovery of a whopping stash of over 500 silver ingots in two phases in 2011 and 2021, the focus is back on the historic Emar Mutt in the pilgrim town of Puri district in Odisha.

A massive operation was launched on Thursday to explore if more treasure is hidden at the Mutt. To arrive at a definite conclusion, special teams from the Puri district administration and Police today carried out physical verification of all the places inside the Mutt premises using metal detectors.

The gadgets have reportedly detected some strong signals emanating at a place in front of the deities' chamber and the entry point. The old chests, treasury and cupboards were also checked in the presence of the Mahant, who is ...