Tirupati Laddu Row: A six-member Special Investigation Team former to investigate the Tirumala Laddu controversy visited Lord Sri Venkateswara temple and conducted inspections at various sections of the temple on Saturday. The team is collecting evidence at the laddu potu in Srivari temple, the bundi potu outside the temple, the ghee storage center, and the marketing godown. #WATCH | Andhra …
The Supreme Court today dismissed a public interest litigation filed by evangelist Dr KA Paul seeking CBI probe into the Tirupati Laddu controversy as well as declaration of Tirupati city as a separate state/Union Territory.A bench of Justices BR Gavai and KV Viswanathan passed the order after hearing Paul, who appeared and argued in person.To state briefly, the controversy arose …
Andhra Pradesh Chief Secretary Neerabh Kumar Prasad has issued G.O. 1660, constituting a Special Investigation Team to investigate the alleged supply of adulterated cow ghee to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, used in the making of the prasadams. The SIT would be headed by Guntur Range IGP Sarvashresth Tripathi and comprise of Visakhapatnam Range DIG Gopinath Jatti; Kadapa district SP V. …
The history of the laddu offered to Sri Venkateswara Swamy, a form of Lord Vishnu, and then given to the devotees as 'prasadam' in the revered Tirupati shrine is over 300 years. Around 3 to 3.5 lakh laddus are made every day and the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, the board that manages the temple, gets these ingredients through e-auction. Smaller ones …
Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah said the state government cannot go against the interest of farmers by supplying Nandini ghee to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam for a lesser price. Responding to state BJP chief Nalin Kumar Kateel's allegations of “indifference towards temples and Hindu devotion” by the Congress government, the chief minister said that the Karnataka Milk Federation had stopped supplying …
