The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), the governing body of the Lord Venkateshwara temple at Tirumala, has filed a formal complaint against AR Dairy Foods Pvt Ltd, a Tamil Nadu-based dairy company,

Ghee was used in the preparation of the sacred offering (prasadam) as well as burning a perennial lamp in the shrine.

Amid the growing controversy surrounding the alleged adulteration of laddus at the Tirupati temple, authorities at Odisha’s iconic Jagannath Temple have decided to test the purity of the ghee used in preparing the mahaprasad.

PURI: The Odisha government on Tuesday decided to test the quality of ghee used for preparation of offerings at the Jagannath temple in Puri, an official said. The decision was taken amid the row over the alleged use of animal fat in the ghee with which the laddus offered at the Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh are prepared.