However, 14 gold and silver items could not be weighed during the inventory process for various reasons. Similarly, 22,153 grams of silver with expensive stones, silver utensils and other valuables were found. The storehouse had 12,831 grams of gold ornaments with expensive stones and other valuables. At that time, it had more than 12,831 ‘bhari’ of gold and 22,153 ‘bhari’ silver (one bhari equals 11.66 grams). In 2021 then law minister Pratap Jena informed the Assembly that the Ratna Bhandar was opened in 1978. The state government will take necessary steps after examining different aspects as per the directive of the court.” The matter is now before the Orissa High Court.
When media persons recently asked about reopening of the Ratna Bhandar, Law Minister Jagannath Saraka said, “We do not know whether the keys of Ratna Bhandar have gone missing or not. The BJP leader said he has moved the HC and the court has taken it seriously. When the Puri king and Jagannath devotees across the world are waiting to know whether the valuables of Jagannath are safe in Ratna Bhandar, the government is in deep sleep,” alleged Mohanty. “Though 45 years have passed, the government has not reopened the Ratna Bhandar. Admitting a petition filed by the former president of the Odisha BJP Samir Mohanty, the High Court, on July 5 served notices to four persons on the opening of the Ratna Bhandar of the Shree Jagannath temple. With no option in hand, the BJP knocked at the doors of the Orissa High Court very recently. However, the state government did not pay any heed to the demand. Not only the BJP, several opposition parties including the Congress, Puri King Gajapati Dibyasingha Deb and many senior servitors of Puri temple have also urged the Odisha government to reopen the Ratna Bhandar, and undertake the repairing work and inventory of the valuables of Lord Jagannath.Ĭhhattisgarh Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan has also demanded reopening of the treasure of the temple. On different occasions, the party has demanded the reopening of the Ratna Bhandar, which is also reportedly in need of some repairs. The BJP chief had also alleged that the BJD government had failed to protect the valuable gems and assets of Mahaprabhu Jagannath. He had asked about the missing keys of the Ratna Bhandar of the Jagannath temple. Nadda had raised the issue and targeted the BJD government. During his visit to Odisha in December last year, BJP national president J.P. With this background, there has been a demand for reopening the Ratna Bhandar for a long time. The Commission report has not yet been placed in the Assembly. Later, the Justice Raghubir Das Inquiry Commission on the Ratna Bhandar was set up and Justice Das had submitted the final report to the state government in November, 2018. Where did the duplicate come from and where has the original key gone? It created a lot of confusion among Lord Jagannath’s devotees across the country. Interestingly, after some days, following a hue and cry, all of a sudden the Puri district administration claimed that a duplicate key of the Ratna Bhandar was available. The officials, servitors and experts, who went inside the Ratna Bhandar, had to return from the outer chamber.īut the administration did not make it public that the key was missing until the matter was raised in the managing committee meeting two days after the attempts were made to open the Ratna Bhandar.
But it could not be opened as the temple administration could not find the keys. The outer chamber is regularly opened and ornaments are taken out by the priests on festivals.Īs per an order of the Orissa High Court, there was an attempt made to open the inner chamber of the Ratna Bhandar on April 4, 2018. Until 1985, nobody had seen the inner chamber of the Ratna Bhandar, which was divided into two parts. According to a statement given by the Odisha government in the Assembly, the Ratna Bhandar was last opened in 1985 but the latest inventories of the valuables were made in 1978.
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