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New Delhi: Religion and politics cannot be allowed to mix, the Supreme Court said Monday while hearing three petitions over allegations that animal fat was found in the ghee used to make the laddoos, or devotional offerings, ‘fed’ to the deity and given to devotees at Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati temple. In a series of pointed…
Former TTD Chairman taking a vow in front of the Lord Venkateswara temple in Tirumala on Monday. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Amid the controversy over the alleged use of adulterated ghee in the preparation of laddu prasadam at the Lord Venkateswara temple at Tirumala, former Chairman of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) B. Karunakar Reddy,…
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Lab reports have found traces of animal fat in the ghee used at the Tirupati temple. New Delhi: In January, during the consecration ceremony of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, 300 kilograms of ‘prasad’ from the Tirupati temple was distributed to devotees, confirmed Acharya Satyendra Das, the chief priest of the temple. This revelation comes…
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Nandini ghee is produced by the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF). Bengaluru: Amid controversy over the use of animal fat in ghee at the Tirupati temple in Andhra Pradesh, the Karnataka government on Friday issued a directive mandating the use of Nandini brand ghee in all 34,000 temples that come under the state’s temple management body. …
Hyderabad: The row over laddoos served to devotees at the famed hill-shrine at Tirupati has snowballed into a major political controversy. Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s Telugu Desam Party has claimed animal fat was used for making laddoos during Jagan Mohan Reddy’s tenure, a charge that the YSRCP leader has denied. The centre has sought a…
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Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has slammed rivals YSR Congress and his predecessor, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, over a lab report about animal fats in ghee used to make laddoos offered as prasadam, or devotional offerings, at the temple town of Tirupati. A July 17 report from the Centre of Analysis and…
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The YSR Congress accused Mr Naidu of damaging the sanctity of Tirumala. Making a startling claim, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has said animal fat was used to make Tirupati laddoos under the previous government run by the YSR Congress. The YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led party has rubbished the allegation and termed it malicious. …
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