The Odisha authorities on Tuesday determined to check the standard of ghee used for preparation of choices on the Jagannath temple in Puri, an official mentioned.
The choice was taken amid the row over the alleged use of animal fats within the ghee with which the laddus supplied on the Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh are ready.
Puri’s District Collector Siddharth Shankar Swain mentioned that although there have been no such allegations right here, the administration will check the standard of ghee getting used for the preparation of ‘Kotha Bhoga’ (prasad for the deities) and ‘Baradi Bhoga’ (prasad on order) on the Twelfth-century shrine.
He mentioned the state-run Odisha Milk Federation (Omfed) is the one provider of ghee to be used within the Puri temple.
“Nevertheless, a choice has been taken to look at the usual of ghee being provided by Omfed to allay any worry of adulteration,” he mentioned, including that discussions will probably be held with the Omfed in addition to the temple’s servitors who put together the ‘prasad’.
Jagannath Swain Mohapatra, a servitor, claimed that earlier adulterated ghee was discovered for use for lighting ‘diyas’ or lamps on the temple premises.
“That has been stopped. We are going to request the temple’s chief administrator for a whole check of the ghee used right here,” he mentioned, sustaining that the religion of devotes was essential.
The standard of laddus on the Tirupati temple got here below the nationwide highlight after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu claimed that substandard components and animal fat have been utilized in making them below the earlier YSRCP authorities.