"tirumala-tirupati-devasthanams"

The Chief Minister offers 'Pattu Vastralu' on behalf of the State government to Lord Venkateswara on the first day of Brahmotsavams

Says he's not blaming YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy personally for 'laddu' adulteration, but the TTD board, which was constituted during the previous regime

Scheduled from October 4 to 12, the fest involves several festivities such as 'Aalaya Suddhi', 'Dwajarohanam', 'Vahana Seva', 'Srivari Koluvu', 'Snapanam' and several others

Guntur Range IGP says officials will question everybody, including TTD board members, officials and workers

YSRC president accuses the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister of "tarnishing" the sanctity of Tirumala with false allegations

Senior party leader and former TTD chairman B Karunakar Reddy participates in prayers at Gangamma temple at Tatayya Gunta in Tirupati

Lashes out at his critics for finding fault with him for raising voice against adulteration of laddu, says attacks on 'Sanatana Dharma' will not be tolerated

If he is very clean in his heart, there is no need to do all this drama, says Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister amid Tirupati laddu row

Says prasadams and 'naivedyams' are free from 'doshas' and the devotees can leave aside their doubts if any

Shanti Homam Panchagavya Prokshana performed to ward off ill effects, restore sanctity of laddu prasadams

Andhra Pradesh government form SIT to probe the irregularities; CM says crores of Hindus' sentiments were hurt

Temple body says it has come across sub-standard ghee and presence of lard in samples tested for quality, echoing claims first made by Naidu

After receiving feedback from pilgrims over the poor quality of laddus in the last few years, besides interacting with the Potu workers (laddu makers), for the first time, the TTD had sent ghee supplies to an outside lab for adulteration testing.

Taking a serious note of the issue amid outrage among devotees, CM Naidu directed the TTD Executive Officer to submit a comprehensive report by the evening.

Whatever the Andhra Chief Minister said is a matter of serious concern, a detailed enquiry is required, says the Food Minister

Says this type of tempering with the sentiments of Hindus has been done deliberately for a long time

Says the previous govt served substandard food to devotees to not only undermine its holiness but also hurt their sentiments

Asserts that pure ghee was now being used and everything has been sanitised at the temple, leading to improved quality

The temple is being built by the Raymond Group on a 10-acre plot allotted by the Maharashtra government

We have decided that henceforth devotees, who do not have darshan tokens can register their Aadhaar card at the laddu counters and get two laddus, TTD Additional EO Ch Venkaiah Chowdhary said.