Puri: While Ratna Bhandar of Srimandir will be opened after 1 PM, two members of the Committee, Chairman Justice Biswanath Rath and CBK Mohanty will go inside.

“We have come here on the instructions of Odisha government. There will be two teams, inside and outside the temple. We will follow all instructions of the administration,” said Snake Helpline member Suvendu Mallik.

“We have surrendered before the Lord to give us strength to undertake the work. At the high-level Committee meeting, we will select members and the process will start to enter the temple after 1 pm. Today, Ratna Bhandar will be opened,” says Committee Chairman Justice Biswanath Rath on Puri Srimandir.

“When the Committee members leave for Ratna Bhandar, temporary restrictions will be in place. All other gates apart from Singhadwara will be closed. All the authorised persons and servitors will be allowed inside as per the list. The Committee members will be frisked near Beherandwara and entire proceedings will be videographed as per the SOP,” says SJTA Chief Administrator Arabinda Padhee.