Reddy’s announcement as come days after Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu alleged that animal fat—including beef tallow, lard, and fish oil—was used in the laddoos served as ‘prasadam’ at the Tirupati temple during the YSRCP regime
Facing backlash over alleged use of animal fat in prasad laddoos, YSRCP president and former Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is set to visit Sri Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Tirupati on September 28. The former CM has called on devotees to participate in prayers at temples across the state on Saturday.
Reddy’s announcements came days after Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu alleged that animal fat—including beef tallow, lard, and fish oil—was used in the laddoos served as ‘prasadam’ at the Tirupati temple during the YSRCP regime, leading to a massive political outcry.
Reddy termed Naidu’s claims as “political malice” and said they have “tarnished the sanctity” of Tirumala, the Tirumala laddu, and Venkateswara Swamy.
In a social media post on X on Wednesday, Reddy wrote, “To purify the sanctity of Tirumala, the significance of the Lord’s prasad, the glory of Venkateswara Swamy, the reputation of TTD, and the sanctity of the laddu offered by Venkateswara Swamy, the YSRCP is calling upon devotees to participate in prayers at temples across the state on September 28, Saturday.”
తిరుమల పవిత్రతను,స్వామివారి ప్రసాదం విశిష్టతను,వెంకటేశ్వరస్వామి వైభవాన్ని,టీటీడీ పేరు ప్రఖ్యాతులను,వేంకటేశ్వరస్వామి ప్రసాదమైన లడ్డూ పవిత్రతను,రాజకీయ దుర్బుద్ధితో, కావాలని అబద్ధాలాడి, జంతువుల కొవ్వుతో కల్తీ జరగనిది జరిగినట్టుగా, ఆ కల్తీ ప్రసాదాన్ని భక్తులు తిన్నట్టుగా, అసత్య…— YS Jagan Mohan Reddy (@ysjagan) September 25, 2024
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In response to Reddy’s post, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), headed by Naidu, said that the God will punish the former CM for adulteration of prasad.
“You, who have no faith, devotion, or fear of the deity (Venkateswara Swamy), are the one making this call? The deity knows what punishment to impose on people like you. The deity will take care of it,” TDP wrote on X.
నీ కుటుంబం విగ్రహారాధన చేయదు..నువ్వేమో తిరుమలలో అన్యమతస్తులని చైర్మెన్ గా పెట్టావ్..స్వామి వారి విగ్రహాన్ని నల్ల రాయితో పోల్చుతూ, పెకలిస్తా అన్నోడికి చైర్మెన్ పదవి ఇచ్చావ్..చెప్పులు వేసుకుని స్వామి వారి క్యూలైన్ లోకి వెళ్తావ్..ఒక్క రోజు కూడా నాకు స్వామి వారు అంటే నమ్మకం అని… https://t.co/zpBMuLiMQE— Telugu Desam Party (@JaiTDP) September 25, 2024
The party further remarked, “Your family does not worship the deity… You have appointed non-Hindus as chairman in Tirumala… You compared the deity’s idol to a black stone and appointed someone who disrespects it as chairman… You wear garlands and go to the deity’s queue… Not once have you declared your faith in the deity.”
They continued, “You have never taken your wife to offer traditional cloth… You said your wife shouldn’t go to the temple, setting up a shrine at home instead… You have doubled the price of the deity’s laddu… You have shown devotees hell for five years… In the end, you mixed animal fat into the laddu, hurting the sentiments of millions.”
