India, Feb. 24 -- The Odisha government on Tuesday approved a 14-page Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the long-pending inventory of ornaments and valuables stored in the Ratna Bhandar of the Jagannath Temple in Puri, with the Temple Managing Committee set to announce the commencement date and auspicious timing after its next meeting scheduled for next week.

The SOP was placed before Lord Jagannath on Tuesday, said Shree Jagannath Temple Administration chief administrator Arabinda Padhee. The document, cleared by chief minister and law minister before final government approval, outlines the procedure for counting, documentation, and handling of ornaments in the temple treasury.

A month ago, the Orissa high court directed the state...