There is tremendous anger among the saints of Ayodhya after reports of animal fat and fish oil being mixed in the laddus of Tirupati Balaji temple of Andhra Pradesh. When Lord Ramlala’s Pran Pratishtha was done in Ram temple on January 22, one lakh laddus of prasadam from Tirupati were distributed among the guests. Three tons of laddus specially made for the inauguration of Ram temple came from Tirupati Balaji. On the report of animal fat and fish oil being found in the laddus in a lab test, Acharya Satyendra Das, the chief priest of Ram temple, said that the government should seriously investigate this and punish the culprits.
Acharya Satyendra Das said that this is a very sad thing and a blow to the faith of crores of people. He has expressed apprehension that this could be a part of an international conspiracy to hurt Sanatan Dharma, so the government should investigate it properly and find out whether there is a foreign conspiracy in this or it is the work of the people of the country. Chief priest Das said that Tirupati Balaji’s laddu is very famous. Whoever has done such a disgusting thing is a very serious criminal, a traitor. Das said that it is not known since when all this is being mixed in the laddu. He said that the government should ensure that such an incident does not happen in future.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu had said in a meeting of MLAs on Wednesday that during the tenure of the Jagan Mohan Reddy government, animal fat was being used instead of pure ghee in the laddus of Tirupati Balaji temple. On Thursday, Naidu’s Telugu Desam Party (TDP) spokesperson Anam Venkat Raman Reddy called a press conference and presented the report of a Gujarat lab. This lab of the National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) in Anand, Gujarat had tested the sample of ghee used in the laddus of Tirupati Balaji temple and said that along with the fat of many animals, fish oil was also mixed in it.