AGRA, June 18 -- Almirahs and boxes lying unopened for decades on the premises of the Thakur Banke Behari Temple in Vrindavan will soon be opened to ascertain what is inside. Besides, a 200-kg 'jhoola' (rocking cradle) embedded with gold, silver and precious stones, donated to the deity and kept at a haveli near the temple, will also be renovated.

These were among the decisions taken by the High-Powered Temple Committee, constituted by the Supreme Court to oversee the affairs of the temple. Committee chairman and former Allahabad high court judge Justice (retd) Ashok Kumar shared the decisions with the media late on Tuesday evening.

The meeting was the first after the apex court inducted four Goswami representatives into the committee. ...