The country's food safety regulator has issued a show cause notice to a Tamil Nadu-based firm for allegedly supplying substandard ghee to temple authority Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu also announced a Special Investigation Team to probe the matter.
A sum of Rs 2.1 crore has been donated to the Lord Venkateswara's shrine in Tirumala by a Chennai-based company, an official of the temple said on Sunday.
The shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala Hills, near Tirupati, has netted an income of Rs 7.5 crore in the last two weeks since the temple was re-opened on June 11.
After an over 80-day COVID-19 lockdown, the sacred Hundi (offering box) at the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala here fetched about Rs 43 lakh in cash on the reopening day on June 11, a temple official said.
After remaining closed for nearly 80 days due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Lord Venkateswara temple at Tirumala reopened its doors for common devotees on Thursday, with strict precautionary measures like wearing of masks and maintaining social distance put in place.
A three day trial run of darshan began at Lord Venkateswara temple at Tirumala on Monday with staff and others attached to it following strict protective measures.
Even before the row over the auction of properties belonging to Andhra Pradesh's Tirumala temple could completely die down, a fresh controversy has embroiled the famous hill shrine.
The government of Andhra Pradesh on Monday stepped in to put on hold the proposed sale of unviable assets belonging to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD).
To revive its financial condition, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has decided to auction 50 immovable properties in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and Uttarakhand.
Temple officials said the celestial idol was adorned with several sets of diamond ornaments, including a diamond crown, eight-foot-long multi-folded golden Sri Lakshmi Sahasra Nama Kasula Haram and a life-sized precious gem set golden 'Makara Kanti Haram.'
For the first time in its history, according to the official, the TTD has made this offering of sacred cloth to the idol of Sri Athi Varadarar on the occasion of the once-in-forty years Athi Varadar festival.
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman K. Sivan on Saturday prayed at Tirumala temple here for the success of second moon mission Chandrayaan-2, which is set for launch on July 15.
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