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.

Sources also said that from September 19 to September 23, on an average, 3.50 lakh laddus per day were purchased from the temple’s counters

A false post is doing the rounds on the internet claiming that the company which supplied adulterated ghee to Tirupati Temple is run by Muslims.

Executive Officer J Shyamala Rao in a press conference said lab tests had revealed the presence of animal fat and lard (pig fat) in chosen samples and the board is in the process of blacklisting the contractor who supplied "adulterated" ghee.

A picture is going viral on social media that claims to show profiles of Pakistani employees working for a company supplying ghee for the prasad of the Tirupati Balaji temple. Let's find out what is the truth behind the viral picture.

Puri collector Siddharth Shankar Swain said that though there were no allegations regarding adulteration of ghee used at the temple, administration wants to test the quality to allay any doubts.

Amid concerns over ghee adulteration in Tirupati laddoos, Mankameshwar temple in Lucknow bans market-bought prasad, urging devotees to bring homemade prasad or fruits to maintain purity. The initiative begins Monday,

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,