Vishnu Without Lakshmi? Deeper Study Of Odisha Mutts Suggested To Ascertain, Recover And Preserve Hidden, Lost Treasures by Arun Kumar Das - Apr 18, 2021 06:49 AM A dilapidated building of the Emar Mutt in Odisha. Snapshot While researching on the Great Orissa Famine of 1866, Anil Kumar Dhir of INTACH had got conclusive evidence that bullion was part of the payment made by the British authorities to various Mutts for rice purchased from them during the famine years. The recent hullabaloo over the discovery of another set of silver ingots buried under the Emar Mutt at Puri in Odisha created a lot of speculation.