The samples were collected over the past two days from the famous Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi Temple of Mathura, Thakur Banke Bihari temple of Vrindavan and the Daan Ghati temple of Govardhan.

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh government under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered the testing of ‘prasadam’ in various temples across the state after controversy erupted over the presence of animal fat in prasdam laddoos at Tirumala Tirupati temple in Andhra Pradesh.

Amid the Tirupati laddu controversy, UP's FSDA collected prasadam samples from Vrindavan's Banke Bihari Temple, Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi, and Govardhan temples to test for adulteration. A district-wide campaign on food safety in temples is underway.

The Uttar Pradesh FSDA has collected 13 samples of 'prasadam' items from temples in Mathura, Vrindavan, and Govardhan for testing, amidst allegations of adulteration in Tirupati laddus. The move follows claims by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu about the use of animal fat in the laddus,

The samples were collected over the past two days from the famous Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi Temple of Mathura, Thakur Banke Bihari temple of Vrindavan and the Daan Ghati temple of Govardhan. FSDA Assistant Commissioner Dhirendra Pratap Singh said the action ...

A public interest litigation (PIL) matter has been filed in the Supreme Court, seeking a probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the alleged use of animal fat in Tirupati laddus