More Delicious Srivari Laddus to Devotees - TTD Eo

With an objective to provide more delicious Srivari laddus to the multitude of devotees, TTD is now procuring quality ghee from Nandini ghee from the Karnataka Cooperative Milk Producers Federation Limited said TTD EO Sri J Syamala Rao.

Along with the Additional EO, Sri Venkaiah Chowdhary the EO performed Puja and the lorry of KMF commenced from the TTD marketing godown in Tirupati on Wednesday.

Speaking on the occasion he said focus was laid on improving the taste and quality of Laddu prasadam taking the experts' opinion. The experts also stated that the quality of ghee has a major role to play in deciding the taste of Srivari laddus. TTD did not have proper labs and private labs did not properly test ghee quality. Hence TTD has set up a new laboratory for Sensory perception to assess the quality of ghee and its staff are being trained at Mysore.

The EO also said, a four-member experts committee has been set up to speed up purchase of quality ghee that included Dr Surendranath, Dr Vijay Bhaskar Reddy, Smt Swarnalata and Dr Mahadevan who have vast knowledge in this area. Based on the guidelines and recommendations provided by the Committee, tender have been called for and the tenderers were also given clear instructions that there will not be any compromise on the quality of ghee and serious action will be taken if they have provided adulterated ghee. And they have to follow "Sensory Parameters" which is mandatory. With all these new guidelines, some old tenderers who supplied adulterated ghee earlier have not even participated", he maintained. 

LADDUS SUPPLIED TO OTHER PLACES

"We have been receiving requests from the devotees from places where TTD Information Centres are located at Chennai, Bengaluru, Vellore and outside temples like Rampachodavaram, Vontimitta, Pithapuram, Visakhapatnam, Vijayawada, Amaravathi to provide laddus.

 

Apart from this, following the cyclonic wrath in most of the places in the states of AP and Telangana, the devotees' footfall in the last five days has come down considerably. 

Considering the requests of the pilgrims, in the last four days around 75thousand laddus have been despatched to the outside places and TTD Information Centres besides all the major TTD local temples including Appalayagunta, Kapilatheertham, Srinivasa Mangapuram also, said TTD EO.

JEO for Health and Education Smt Gautami, CVSO Sri Sridhar, DyEO Smt Padmavati, Nandini liaison officer Sri Mallikarjun Reddy and others were present.