Mystery surrounds the Ratna Bhandar and its contents for decades. The treasury was last opened for an inventory in 1978. The state govt has been facing pressure from different quarters to reopen the treasury for its structural inspection and inventory.
A Division Bench adjudicating the writ petition, which sought for direction to the temple authorities to take steps to revive Danadhyakshya Seva, ordered in this regard.
The Kalajeera rice, which the tribals of Koraput have been growing for generations, will be used to cook the Prasad or Bhog offered at Lingaraj and Ananta Basudev temples in Bhubaneswar
Saturday's event, with fanfare including closure of educational institutions, is BJD's outreach towards western Odisha, which has tended to vote for the Opposition, as well as a counter to BJP’s Hindutva push