Amidst allegations of animal fat being added to the ladles of Andhra Pradesh's Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple (Tirupati Temple), it has now been claimed that tobacco has been found. A woman from Telangana has alleged that she found pieces of tobacco wrapped in paper inside a ladoo. He has released his video.
The accuser, Donthu Padmavathy, is a resident of Gollagudem in Khammam district. On September 19, she went to the Tirumala temple. She brought a ladle from there. The video of the paper being found in the laddu has been shared on several social media accounts including India Today, ABP Nadu. Frontpage Insights does not endorse this video.
Earlier on September 18, Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu had alleged that during the YSR Congress government in the state animal fat vegetable oil and fish oil were mixed in the ladoo (prasadam) of the Tirupati temple. The next day, TDP showed the lab report and claimed to confirm his allegations.
The woman alleged that after she broke the ladle to distribute the prasad, she found the paper in which the tobacco was wrapped.
Updates on the prasadam controversy
- Union Health Ministry ordered ghee samples from 4 companies. Ghee of one of these companies, AR Dairy Foods, failed the quality test. In which the government has issued a show cause notice.
- BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has filed a petition in the Supreme Court. Swamy has demanded a court-supervised inquiry into the use of animal fat in prasadam.
- Rajya Sabha member and former chairman of Devasthanam (TTD) Y.V. Subba Reddy has also demanded a committee headed by a retired Supreme Court judge to probe the matter.
- A meeting of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad was held at Sri Lalita Peetham. The VHP has appealed to the Supreme Court to take action on the Tirupati Laddu adulteration allegations and initiate an inquiry to identify the culprits.
- A case has been registered against former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh YS Jagan Mohan Reddy and others. A lawyer has filed this complaint at the Saidabad Police Station in Hyderabad.
- The YSR Congress Party has filed a petition in the Andhra Pradesh High Court regarding fat in the Ladoo controversy, the hearing will be held on September 25.
After the Mahashanti Yajna in the Tirupati temple, all the places were purified with Panchagavya. After the yajna, this picture was shared by the devasthanam board on X.
Mahashanti Yajna for the purification of Tirupati temple Mahashanti Yajna was performed for the purification of Tirupati temple. On September 23, 20 priests, including officials of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) board, participated in the Panchagavya exam (purification) that lasted from 6 am to 10 am. The kitchen was ritually purified with ladoos and food offerings.
Krishna Seshachal Dikshitulu, one of the chief priests of the temple, said, 'The government came up with a proposal as to what should be done to clean the temple. So we approached the management with a proposal to do Shanti Home. At 6 am we all went to the sanctum sanctorum to seek the blessings and permission of Lord Venkateswara. Now that everything is purified, I request all devotees that they need not worry anymore. Visit Lord Balaji and take the Prasad home.'
How did this controversy come to light? The Karnataka Cooperative Milk Federation (KMF) had been supplying ghee to the Trust at subsidized rates for the past 50 years. Tirupati temple consumes 1400 tonnes of ghee every six months. In July 2023, the company refused to supply at lower rates, after which the Jagan government (YSRCP) awarded the supply work to 5 companies. One of these is AR Dairy Foods located in Dindigul, Tamil Nadu. In July this year, a fault was found in its production.
TDP govt came, sample test done in July, fate confirmed The TDP government appointed senior IAS officer J Shyamala Rao as the new executive officer of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) in June 2024. He ordered to check the quality of prasadam. A committee was formed for this.
The committee made several suggestions to improve the taste and quality of prasad. Also ghee samples have been sent to National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Gujarat for testing. Fate was mentioned in a report that came out in July.
Following this, TTD returned the stock of ghee sent by AR Dairy Foods of Dindigul, Tamil Nadu and blacklisted the contractor. After this TTD started procuring ghee from Karnataka Milk Federation.
Ghee was purchased from the old supplier at Rs 320 per kg. Now Tirupati Trust is buying ghee from Karnataka Co-operative Milk Federation (KMF) at Rs 475 per kg.
Ghee Purity Testing Lab NDDB CALF (Anand, Gujarat) has agreed to donate a machine to Tirupati to test the purity of ghee. Its price is 75 lakh rupees.
CM Naidu makes lab report public, controversy grows A report in July confirmed the presence of fat in the ladoo. However, TDP made the report public after two months. CM Naidu had on September 18 alleged that animal fat and fish oil were mixed in the ghee used for laddus in the Tirupati temple during the former Jagan government. The TDP has also claimed to confirm its allegations by showing the lab report.
Naidu said, when ghee was available in the market at Rs 500 per kg, the Jagan government sold it at Rs 320. Bought a kilo of ghee. In such a case, the ghee must have been adulterated by the supplier. There will be an inquiry into the purchase of low-priced ghee by the Jagan government. The sanctity of the Tirupati temple has been defiled by the ladoo made from ghee containing animal fat.
A 300-year-old kitchen, only Brahmins make 3.5 lakh laddus
At the Tirupati temple, around 200 Brahmins make laddus with pure country ghee in a 300-year-old kitchen.
Tirupati Temple is one of the most popular and richest religious places in the world. Every day about 70 thousand devotees visit Lord Venkateswara Swamy here. Its administration is controlled by the Tirupati Tirumala Devasthanams (TTD).
3.50 lakh laddus are made daily using pure country ghee in the 300 year old kitchen 'Potu' built in the temple premises. This is the main offering of the temple, which is made by about 200 Brahmins.
Ladoo consists of pure gram flour, boondi, sugar, cashew nuts and pure ghee. In January 2024, the trust sent about one lakh ladus to Ayodhya at the time of Ram Mandir Abhishek.
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