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‘VIP culture should be reduced in Tirumala’: CM N Chandrababu Naidu | Vijayawada News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday addressed concerns about the quality of 'laddu prasadam' at the Lord Venkateswara temple in Tirumala.Speaking to media after inaugurating a new centralized kitchen by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), Naidu said that devotees were pleased with the improvements in the prasadam's quality. This comes amid recent allegations that adulterated ghee was used in making laddu prasadam during the previous YSR Congress regime, an accusation denied by former chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy. Naidu mentioned, "Several people expressed happiness saying that they were satisfied (with laddu quality)."Naidu emphasized that the current administration will not tolerate any impurity in the prasadam. He assured that TTD is committe...
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Brahmotsavams off to spectacular start: CM Chandrababu Naidu presents silk robes at Tirumala temple amid Tirupati laddu row | Vijayawada News – Times of India

CM Chandrababu Naidu presented ‘pattu vastrams’ (silk robes) to Lord Venkateswara at the Tirumala temple on Friday. TIRUPATI: Chief minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu presented ‘pattu vastrams’ (silk robes) to Lord Venkateswara at the Tirumala temple on Friday. This marks the 14th time Naidu has presented ‘pattu vastrams’ to Lord Venkateswara Swamy on the eve of the annual Brahmotsavams in his capacity as the chief mninister of the state, setting a record for any CM in the history of Andhra Pradesh.Naidu arrived at the hill temple accompanied by endowments minister Anam Ramanarayana Reddy and TTD officials.It is a customary practice for the chief ministers of the state to present silk robes to the presiding deity on the first day of the annual Brahmotsavams at the Tirupati temple. Continuing...