Justice Pashayat holds first meeting of Ratna Bhandar issue of Sri Jagannath Temple.

Puri, March 9 -- Former Judge of the Supreme Court, Arijit Pashayat, on Saturday presided over the first meeting of all committee members to chalk out procedures before the opening of the Bhitar Ratna Bhandar of the Sri Jagannath Temple.

Justice Pashayat has been appointed by the Odisha government as the Chairman of a 12-member committee to open the Ratna Bhandar of the Sri Jagannath Temple and prepare an inventory of the wealth of the deities.

He inquired about the modalities adopted during the opening of the Ratna Bhandar of Sri Jagannath Temple in 1978 on Saturday. Justice Pashayat also inquired about the occasions when the Ratna Bhandar was opened. The committee members wanted to see the 1978 list of inventories of ornaments and jewel...