Amid a row over "adulteration" in the ghee used in making Tirupati temple laddoos, a temple in Lucknow has banned 'prasad' procured from the market and urged devotees to either bring 'prasad' from home or offer fruits
The BJP's Tamil Nadu unit on Monday urged the Andhra Pradesh government to take swift action to restore the trust of the devotees of Tirumala Venkateshwara Temple following the laddu prasadam controversy.
Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) is conducting its day long apex body meeting at Sri Lalita Peetam, Vashishtashramam in Tirupati on Monday to discuss controversy surrounding Tirupati laddus and demand for "freeing" temples across the country among other issues.
Amid the row over Tirupati Prasadam, devotees thronged the Tirumala Venkateshwara Temple in Tirupati during the ongoing month of Poratasi, amid Laddu Prasadam row.
Amid the row over the Tirupati Prasadam quality having been compromised by the use of substances like vegetable oil, and animal fat emerged, the priests and the devotees at the Chilkur Balaji Temple on the outskirts of Hyderabad conducted Prayaschitta Pradakshinam on Sunday.
Reacting to the Tirupati Prasadam row Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan on Sunday said that the guilty must face punishment and alleged that during the YSRCP regime, 219 temples were destroyed.
High Court Advocate K. Karuna Sagar said that the alleged use of 'animal fat' in Laddu Prasadam given at Tirumala Temple in Tirupati by previous YSRCP government was an attack on Hindu Sentiments, "a conspiracy".
Mahant Amar Das Ji Maharaj of Ram Mandir Dausa, Rajasthan on Sunday demanded CBI inquiry in the alleged use of 'animal fat' in Tirupati Laddu Prasadam given at Tirumala Temple in Tirupati.
On September 19, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu stirred a political controversy after he claimed that the ghee used in the preparation of Tirupati laddoo prasadam, offered at Sri Venkateswara Swami Temple in Tirupati, contained animal fat during the previous YSRCP governme
Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan on Sunday said that the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams board was "altered for political gain" by the previous government after CM Chandrababu Naidu alleged that YSRCP govt used 'animal fat' in Laddu Prasadam given at Tirumala Temple in Tirupa
Congress leader Pawan Khera on Sunday called for a fast-track inquiry into the alleged use of animal fat in preparation of prasadam for Sri Venkateshwara Swamy Temple in Tirupati.