Ratna Bhandar of Puri Jagannath temple reopens for second time in week

The Ratna Bhandar, the esteemed treasury of the 12th-century Jagannath temple in Puri, was reopened at 9:51 a.m. on July 18 for shifting the valuables to a temporary strong room.

According to the officials, the treasury was opened for the second time this week.

The supervisory committee set up by the Odisha Government entered the temple at 9 a.m., after offering prayers to Lord Jagannath and his siblings, for shifting the valuables.

“We sought the blessings of Lord Jagannath for smooth completion of shifting of all valuables stored in the inner chamber of the treasury,” said the supervising committee’s chairman and Orissa High Court former judge Justice Biswanath Rath before entering the temple.