The Odisha Congress on November 13 announced to conduct a ‘Tulasi Yatra ‘ (collection of holy basil) from December 1, stepping up pressure on the Naveen Patnaik government to open of doors of Ratna Bhandar of Shree Jagannath Temple, Puri, in which precious jewellery and stones donated to deities in different periods are stored.
The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) government is under huge pressure to open Ratna Bhandar. The last inventory of jewellery and costly stones was carried out in 1978. For obvious reasons, the State government had shown ‘reluctance’ to open the treasury of Shree Jagannath Temple.
