Published: Sep 23, 2024, 24:45 IST | Updated: Sep 23, 2024, 24:45 IST
In the midst of the controversy surrounding the use of animal fat—fish oil, bull tallow, and lard (pig fat)—in ghee to manufacture laddoos, or devotional offerings—that are "fed" to the deity and distributed to devotees, the Lord Venkateswara Temple in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, was "purified" on Monday.