AMID concerns among devoteesonthequalityofgheeused in the famous Tirupati ‘laddu prasadam’, the Tirumala TirupatiDevasthanams (TTD) has said sanctity of the sacred sweetmeat has been restored. In a social media post on Friday night, the TTD, which manages the Sri Venkateswara Swamy temple, on the hills of Tirumala said the divinity and purity of Srivari Laddu is unblemished now.

 

“The divinity and purity of Srivari laddu is unblemishednow.TTD is committedtoprotectingtheholiness of Laddu Prasadam to the satisfactionofallthedevotees,”the temple board said in the post. The temple body managing the super-rich shrine onFriday revealedithascomeacrosssubstandard ghee and presence of lard in samples tested for quality, echoing claims by Andhra CMN Chandrababu Naidutwo days ago. With the fingers of accusationatthepreviousYSRCP regime over the issue, formerCMYSJaganMohanReddy described the matter as “diversion politics,” and slammed it as a “concocted story.” WILL CONSULT PONTIFFS, EXPERTS ON FUTURE COURSEOFACTION:NAIDU: Andhra CMNChandrababu Naidu said the Government will consult pontiffs, sages, priestsandothertopHinduism experts onthe future course of action to be taken following allegations of animal fat adulteration in Tirupati laddus.

 

 

POLICE on Saturday registered a case against seven users of social media platform ‘X’ for allegedly spreading misinformation that the “low quality” ghee used for mak- ing laddus at the Tirupati temple belonged to the ‘Amul’ brand, an official said. Anand-based Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), which markets its milk and dairy products under the brand name ‘Amul’, has denied having supplied ghee (clar- ified butter) to TTD, which man- ages the temple. As per the FIR, X users of sev- en different handles spread misin- formation that ghee with animal fat used for preparing laddus belonged to the ‘Amul’ brand with the intention of harming the repu- tation of the GCMMF, the cyber crime police station official sa