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  Bengaluru temples and their unique prasadam you must try

  Travel | November 12, 2025 19:53 IST

  Bengaluru’s temples are not just spiritual landmarks — they’re culinary treasures. Each prasadam, from sweet pongal to tamarind rice, reflects the city’s deep-rooted faith, community, and the art of offering devotion through food.

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  Chappan Bhog: Here's all you need to know about the Maha Prasad at Puri Jagannath Temple

  Food | June 26, 2025 14:29 IST

  Maha Prasadam or the Chappan bhog, is where Lord Jagannath is made an 8 offerings a day with 56 varieties of dishes. In the Instagram reel by Srishtika Sriram, she explains the significance and the history behind the offering of the Maha Prasadam.

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  Andhra Pradesh: SIT probes adulteration in ghee used in Tirumala Srivari laddu prasadam

  India | November 22, 2024 17:05 IST

  The Special Investigation Team (SIT) is probing alleged ghee adulteration in the sacred Tirumala Srivari Laddu Prasadam. Investigations are underway in Tirupati and Tirumala, with a detailed report to be submitted to the CBI in 10 days.

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  Laddu row: Section 30 of Police Act enforced in Tirupati for one month over adulteration of 'prasad'

  India | September 27, 2024 7:05 IST

  Tirupati laddu row: The controversy over the alleged adulteration of Tirupati Temple laddus has sparked reactions from Ayodhya, Prayagraj, and Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, with calls for reform in the preparation and distribution of 'prasad'.

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  Rats found in prasadam at Mumbai's Siddhivinayak? Temple trust denies, launches probe

  Maharashtra | September 24, 2024 19:47 IST

  Siddhivinayak laddu row: The viral video purportedly showed some baby rats being found in the packets. However, the temple trust turned down the claims and said the video was not from the temple premises, but an investigation would be launched to find out the truth.

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  Samples of food items collected in Mathura, Vrindavan amid Tirupati laddu row, one sent for testing

  Uttar Pradesh | September 24, 2024 8:37 IST

  After the case of adulteration in the prasad of Tirupati came to light, the administration in Uttar Pradesh has heightened its vigilance. A total of 43 samples have been taken from 15 shops and suspicious 'pedas' have been sent for testing.

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  Tirupati laddu row: Centre issues show cause notice to ghee supplier

  India | September 24, 2024 7:30 IST

  A 'purification' ritual, Shanti Homam was performed on September 23 as per the tenets of Vaikhanasa Agama in the Yagashala of Tirumala temple.

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  Tirupati laddu row: Andhra Pradesh govt forms SIT to investigate ghee adulteration allegations

  India | September 22, 2024 21:49 IST

  TTD has introduced a ghee testing system for the first time to ensure the purity of ingredients used in the famous Tirupati laddu prasadam. This initiative, led by Executive Officer Shamala Rao, addresses concerns about adulteration and will blacklist suppliers providing impure products.

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  Tirupati laddu controversy: Jagan Reddy calls CM Naidu a 'habitual liar' in letter to PM Modi

  India | September 22, 2024 15:44 IST

  Former Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy wrote an eight-page letter to PM Modi seeking his intervention in Tirupati Laddu adulteration issue.

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  Pawan Kalyan to undertake 11-day penance to propitiate Lord Venkateswara amid Tirupati laddoo row

  India | September 22, 2024 10:17 IST

  Tirupati laddoo row: Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu accused the previous government of using substandard ingredients, including animal fat, in Tirupati laddus, sparking a political debate.

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  Amul denies supplying ghee to Tirupati Temple amid controversy, terms it ‘misinformation campaign’

  India | September 20, 2024 23:29 IST

  Amul refuted social media claims of supplying ghee to Tirupati Temple, calling it misinformation. The dairy giant clarified that its ghee is made from pure milk fat and undergoes stringent quality checks, distancing itself from the controversy surrounding Tirupati laddus.

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  Tirupati Laddu row: Bandi Sanjay Kumar demands probe into animal fat in prasadam, says 'God will...'

  India | September 19, 2024 22:09 IST

  The matter came to light after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu claimed that animal fat was used in Tirupati laddus during the previous government.

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  YSRCP regime used animal fats to prepare Tirupati Laddu prasadam, alleges Chandrababu Naidu

  India | September 19, 2024 0:02 IST

  N Chandrababu Naidu said that the Lord Venkateswara Swamy temple at Tirumala is the most sacred temple and he was shocked to learn that the Jagan administration used animal fat instead of ghee in the Tirupati Prasadam.

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  One more woman dies after eating temple food in Karnataka

  India | January 27, 2019 17:19 IST

  One more woman devotee died after consuming suspected poisoned temple food at Chintamani town in Karnataka's Chikkaballapur district, police said on Sunday.

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  One dead, nine taken ill after consuming 'prasad' in Karnataka temple

  India | January 26, 2019 18:48 IST

  A woman died and nine others, including two children, were hospitalised after they allegedly consumed 'prasadam' (offering) served outside a temple in Chikkaballapura district, about 100 km from here, police said on Saturday.

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  Bathini Fish Prasadam: 47,000 asthma patients worldwide cured by taking 'Live Fish' prasad

  Lifestyle | June 09, 2017 17:49 IST

  It may sound strange to some of us but thousands of people across the world are travelling from their place to Hyderabad to take ‘fish prasadam’. It is said that the fish has some medicinal value.

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  Former Maoist leader Ganti Prasadam shot at, critically injured

  India | July 04, 2013 17:54 IST

  Hyderabad, July 4: Former Maoist leader Ganti Prasada Rao alias Prasadam, who was released in 2011 in exchange for the kidnapped collector of Odisha's Malkangiri, was critically injured in an assassination attempt in Andhra Pradesh's