RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday visited Jagannath temple, met Puri Shankaracharya Swami Nischalananda Saraswati at Gobardhan Peeth and held discussions on different issues. However, the subjects of their discussion were not informed to the media.

After offering prayers, the members of a supervisory committee set up by the Odisha government proceeded for the shifting of valuables from the Ratna Bhandar.

The Ratna Bhandar of the Jagannath temple will be opened today at 1.28 pm.

This historic event will facilitate an inventory of the temple's precious ornaments and valuables, last accessed in 1978.

A notification issued by the law department late on Thursday night invoked sub-section 19 of the Shree Jagannath Temple Act, 1954 to effect the appointment.

Political row erupted over the incident where the BJD and Congress targeted newly-formed BJP government for the mishap.

During the Rath Yatra festival, at least nine servitors of the Puri Jagannath temple sustained injuries when the idol of Lord Balabhadra accidentally fell on them as it was being moved from the chariot to a temple