The Odisha government will test ghee quality used in offerings at Jagannath Temple in Puri, ensuring purity after recent allegations of animal fat in Andhra Pradesh’s Tirumala Temple. The Odisha Milk Federation supplies ghee,

Puri district collector Siddharth Swain said the decision was taken to prevent possible adulteration in the preparation of ‘Mahaprasad’ at the 12th Century temple.

The row over the Tirupati temple erupted last week after Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu alleged that adulterated ghee was being used at the temple during the regime of his predecessor Jaganmohan Reddy

Amid the row over the alleged presence of animal fat in the ghee used to prepare Tirupati laddus, Odisha govt has decided to send the ghee used to coo

Following the controversy over alleged animal fat in the ghee used for Tirupati laddus, the Odisha government has decided to conduct a quality check on the ghee used in the Puri Jagannath Temple.

Testing will be conducted on the ghee utilized for both 'Kotha Bhoga' (the offerings made to the deities) and 'Baradi Bhoga' (offered upon request) at the historic 12th-century shrine.

Amid the political uproar over suspected adulteration in the ghee used for making laddoos at Andhra Pradesh's Sri Venkateswara temple in Tirupati, officials in Puri district, Odisha, have decided to test the quality of ghee used at the Jagannath Temple.