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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

The placards carried by protestors read “Save Tirumala, Save TTD” and “Speak Out Tirupathi”.

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

The BJP leader requested the court to direct the Andhra Pradesh government to file a detailed report on the source and sampling of the ghee used for making the laddus.

Says there is no room for negligence and delay in this matter as such a scenario could result in nation-wide agitations by Hindu community

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

Says the YSRCP chief doesn't have the knowledge about systems in governance and society other than looting public exchequer

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

This is a diversion politics. The allegations are atrocious. Is it fair to play with devotees sentiments, expressed YSRCP chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy

Chilkur Balaji Temple head priest Chilkur Rangarajan urged the Andhra Pradesh government to dig deep into the issue and identify the culprits.

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.

The TTD Trust Board had sanctioned Rs.40 crore for laying pipelines additionally from Kailashgiri reservoir to augment water supply to Tirupati Municipal Corporation.