Peculiar to Tirumala Tirupati Laddoo is the sensationalization of the discovery of animal fat, which comprises beef tallow and fish oil in the ghee used in the preparation of the prasad. The problem arose when the previous supplier, Nandini Ghee from Karnataka Milk Federation, said they would no longer supply ghee due to a price dispute. During the regime of YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, a new supplier was selected, offering lower tariffs, making people doubt the quality of the electricity they were supplying. Inquiries are ongoing and the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams or TTD has constituted a committee to check ghee quality in the future.
Its Relevance:- Tirupati Laddoo
The Tirumala Tirupati Laddoo has especially religious and pious importance being the primary holy offering managed to the vale of the Sri Venkateswara Temple in Tirupati. It is treated as the divine grace bestowed on devotees by Lord Venkateswara and creating magic every year to millions of pilgrims. Besides the symbolism, it has also gained popularity with regard to its supreme taste due to the quality of its ingredients especially the ghee used in its preparation. Hence, any change to it generates concern from the holders of the scripture.
The Types
There are mainly two types of prasadam being served at the temple out of which the *Srivari Laddoo* is the most popular from Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD). However, there are slight variations in size and quantity based on different rituals and offerings:However, there are slight variations in size and quantity based on different rituals and offerings:
1. **Regular Srivari Laddoo**: Laddoo which is served to all the believers, the traditional puja naivedyam in this temple.
2. **Proktham Laddoo**: A smaller copy of the aztects, and may be that after hundreds of years when their power returns to its original source they will drink with it.
3. **Asthanam Laddoo**: Which was ordinarily used in feasts and ceremonies and other such solemn functions which were part and parcel of the Maori culture.
How Are They Made?
These laddoos are traditional sweets used in the temples and it is ensured that they are made out of proper ingredients like the refined ghee used here.
It is quite a formal affair to prepare the Tirumala Tirupati Laddoos which are prepared using fine quality of ingredients while following religious procedures. Here’s an overview of the key steps:
1. **Ingredients**: Ladoos are prepared with ghee, sugar, besan, cashewnuts, raisins and cardamom pws.
2. **Preparation**: Besan is fried in ghee until it attains a lovely golden colour. This mixture is then added into sugar syrup and mixed along with nuts and green cardamom.
3. **Shaping**: The prepared mixture is then rolled into round laddoos by hand using one’s hands.
A record of 5 lakh laddoos are prepared every day to cope up with the increasing number of devotees arriving at the shrine.
The present Chairman of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams is **Bhumana Karunakar Reddy** and he took charges the same year in August. He has served in this capacity for two terms and he had been acting in this capacity in the period of 2006/2008. Yenamूरthy Srinivasa Reddy from YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) and a member of legislative assembly from Tirupati succeeded YV Subba Reddy. His position is quite important because the TTD manages one of the richest and most popular Hindu temples in the world that is the Sri Venkateswara Temple in Tirumala
