Chennai:
Now pilgrims going to pay obeisance to Lord Venkateswara in Tirupati could soon find the ladoos more delicious with the temple authorities planning to add more nuts and raisins to it.
The Sri Vari laddu, popularly called Tirupati laddu, is offered as prasadam to people who worship Venkateswara, the deity at the Sri Vari Temple at Tirumala Hills.
The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam Board Trustee and general secretary of Southern Railway Mazdoor Union N Kanniah told reporters that efforts are on to improve the quality of laddoos and the proposal to raise the quality was decided during the TTD meeting on February 2.
“The laddoos will now have more dry fruits, raisins and cardamom from March 1,” said Kanniah. Currently, the laddoos are prepared under the guidelines of Central Food Technological Research Institute.
Kanniah, who is also the chairman of purchase committee, also said that during the meeting it was also decided to bring in transparency in the tender process.
He also said the discussion also focused on improving the quality of silk attire for the diety. He said consultations are now going on to fix a benchmark on the quality of silk attire for the deities.
Plans are also son to set up a rice godown worth rs 5.3 crore and a cold storage worth rs 5.7 crore.
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