TTD board was altered for political gain, says Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan amid Tirupati Prasadam row

Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan has accused the previous government of altering the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams board for political gain. He alleged that substandard ingredients, including animal fat, were used in the preparation of Tirupati laddus during the YSRCP regime. Kalyan has started an 11-day penance ritual to seek forgiveness from Lord Venkateswara.

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Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan on Sunday said that the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams board was "altered for political gain" by the previous government after CM Chandrababu Naidu alleged that YSRCP govt used 'animal fat' in Laddu Prasadam given at Tirumala Temple in Tirupati. The Janasena Party chief statement comes as he started 11 days 'Prayaschitta Diksha' at Sri Dasavatara Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Guntur as penance. "Prasadam distribution has been ongoing for more than 100 years.

But under YSRCP's rule, TTD board was altered for political gain. The Sri Venkateswara Trust was established, leading to various scams. Worship protocols were changed, and over 300 temples were desecrated," Kalyan said.



Kalyan further alleged that Ayodhya received 'contaminated' laddus from TTD during the YSCRP regime. "I question whether authorities are following protocols in all temples. Fish oil, beef tallow, and pork fat have been found in prasadam.

Even Ayodhya received contaminated laddus from TTD during the YSRCP regime," Kalyan said. Artificial Intelligence(AI) Java Programming with ChatGPT: Learn using Generative AI By - Metla Sudha Sekhar, Developer and Lead Instructor View Program Artificial Intelligence(AI) Basics of Generative AI : Unveiling Tomorrow's Innovations By - Metla Sudha Sekhar, Developer and Lead Instructor View Program Artificial Intelligence(AI) Generative AI for Dynamic Java Web Applications with ChatGPT By - Metla Sudha Sekhar, Developer and Lead Instructor View Program Artificial Intelligence(AI) Mastering C++ Fundamentals with Generative AI: A Hands-On By - Metla Sudha Sekhar, Developer and Lead Instructor View Program Artificial Intelligence(AI) Master in Python Language Quickly Using the ChatGPT Open AI By - Metla Sudha Sekhar, Developer and Lead Instructor View Program Office Productivity Zero to Hero in Microsoft Excel: Complete Excel guide 2024 By - Metla Sudha Sekhar, Developer and Lead Instructor View Program Astrology Vastu Shastra Course By - Sachenkumar Rai, Vastu Shashtri View Program Data Science SQL for Data Science along with Data Analytics and Data Visualization By - Metla Sudha Sekhar, Developer and Lead Instructor View Program Web Development A Comprehensive ASP.NET Core MVC 6 Project Guide for 2024 By - Metla Sudha Sekhar, Developer and Lead Instructor View Program Office Productivity Mastering Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and 365 By - Metla Sudha Sekhar, Developer and Lead Instructor View Program Marketing Digital marketing - Wordpress Website Development By - Shraddha Somani, Digital Marketing Trainer, Consultant, Strategiest and Subject Matter expert View Program Web Development Mastering Full Stack Development: From Frontend to Backend Excellence By - Metla Sudha Sekhar, Developer and Lead Instructor View Program Finance Financial Literacy i.

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P. Gupta, Professor: Department of Finance and Business Economics, University of Delhi View Program "During the YSRCP regime, 219 temples were destroyed. I questioned the vandalism of these temples.

We will not tolerate this, and strict action will be taken. What has the TTD board done in the past five years? Hindu devotees must speak out. What was once sacred has been desecrated.

The guilty must face punishment," Kalyan said. "As I undertake this 11-day penance ritual, I apologize to Lord Venkateswara. We shouldn't remain silent when Hindu temples are desecrated.

If this happened in mosques or churches, the nation would erupt," he said. Earlier in a post on X, Pawan Kalyan announced that he will fast for 11 days to seek forgiveness from lord Balaji. "I am deeply hurt on a personal level by the malicious attempts made to infuse impurity in the prasad of Sri Tirupati Balaji Dham, the center of our culture, faith, belief and devotion, and to tell you the truth, I feel cheated from within.

Right now, I am taking a vow to seek forgiveness from the Lord and am taking a vow to fast for eleven days. In the latter part of the eleven-day Atonement Initiation, on October 1 and 2, I will go to Tirupati and have a personal darshan of the Lord and beg for forgiveness and then my Atonement Initiation will be completed in front of the Lord," Pawan Kalyan tweeted on X. The row comes days after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu claimed that substandard ingredients, including animal fat, were used in the preparation of Tirupati laddus, a sweet offered at the Sri Venkateswara temple in Tirupati, during the previous Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) government.

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