The TTD was purified today as the Temple has become apavitram with the contamination of the Ghee with impurities like The TTD that is the Lord Venkateswara Temple in Andhra Pradesh’s was “purified” today amid the row over animal fat – fish oil, beef tallow,and pig fat – in ghee used to make the laddoos, or devotional Naivedyam offerings, ‘fed’ to the deity and given to devotees.
The TTD priests performed a ‘maha Shani homam’ at the temple which is widely seen as one of the holiest sites in Hinduism. Temple officials said the ceremony will “ward off ill-effects of adulteration and restore the sanctity of laddoos as ‘prasadam’, and ensure devotees’ well-being”.
The Executive Officer of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam – the government trust Board that runs the temple – said rituals lasted four hours , with special focus on the kitchen that makes the laddoos.The EO also said the new system of procurement, of ‘pure cow ghee’,had been changed, and this had led to “improved taste of laddoos and other prasadam” from the temple.
