Amid a large highway over the presence of animal fats within the Tirupati laddoos used to make the prasadam, Karnataka Milk Federation’s Nandini ghee, which not too long ago resumed supplying ghee for making the laddoos, has elevated safety measures for the ghee being transported to Tirupati temple.
Sources from the Karnataka Milk Federation mentioned that they may set up GPS and electrical locking methods within the ghee tankers going to the Tirupati temple to make sure that the ghee can’t be tampered with.
The electrical lock can solely be opened by an official from the temple board with an OTP.
The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) board has resumed sourcing Karnataka Milk Federation’s Nandini ghee for the laddoos not too long ago, following Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu’s directive to enhance its high quality.
Nandini, which is a family title in Karnataka, had been supplying ghee to TTD until final 12 months, when the then Andhra Pradesh chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy-led authorities stopped sourcing the Nandini ghee, after practically 15 years of affiliation, over pricing points.
Sources mentioned, “There isn’t any scope for adulteration or utilization of substandard supplies in Nandini merchandise. We could not win the bid for supplying ghee for the Tirupati laddoos final 12 months as we did not need to provide our merchandise at low cost costs.”
Headquartered in Bengaluru, Nandini has provided over 4,000 metric tonnes of ghee to the Tirupati temple since 2013.
Notably, amid the row over the Tirupati laddoo, the Karnataka authorities additionally directed the temples within the state to make use of solely Nandini ghee for his or her prasadams.
Bheema Naik, KMF’s chairman, thanked the Karnataka authorities for its resolution and mentioned, “I’m very joyful that not simply Tirupati temple, however all Karnataka temples will use Nandini ghee… We’re on the point of improve the manufacturing of ghee to ensure we meet the demand.”
A cash-rich federation, Nandini sponsors the Indian Tremendous League. It additionally sponsored the cricket groups of Eire and Scotland throughout the T20 World Cup.