Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams: News

30 Nov 2024

YS Jagan Mohan Reddy

Tirumala temple bans political speeches, warns of legal action

The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has banned political and hate speeches at the Venkateswara Temple.

19 Nov 2024

Andhra Pradesh

'Transfer non-Hindus, ban political speeches...': Tirumala temple board's new proposals

The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) board, which manages the Sri Venkateswara temple in Andhra Pradesh, has announced some major decisions.

24 Oct 2024

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20 Oct 2024

WhatsApp

Tirumala: Promised 'VIP darshan,' YSRCP leader dupes family of ₹65,000

The Andhra Pradesh Police have booked YSR Congress Party MLC Mayana Zakia Khanam and two others for allegedly cheating a family, based on a complaint filed by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD).

15 Oct 2024

Andhra Pradesh

Heavy rain lashes Tamil Nadu; Kerala, Andhra Pradesh on alert

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted intense showers in Kerala and Andhra Pradesh after heavy rainfall in Tamil Nadu.

05 Oct 2024

Chandrababu Naidu

Naidu inaugurates ₹13.4cr kitchen at Tirumala; can serve 1.25L people

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu inaugurated the Vakulamatha centralized kitchen at Tirumala, which can serve up to 1.25 lakh people daily, on Saturday.

27 Sep 2024

Andhra Pradesh

All ingredients entering Puri Jagannath Temple's kitchen to be checked 

The Odisha government and the Shree Jagannath Temple Administration (SJTA) have announced plans for regular quality checks at the Puri Srimandir.

Jagan Reddy cancels Tirupati temple visit amid animal fat row

YSR Congress president Jagan Mohan Reddy has called off his scheduled visit to the Tirumala temple on Saturday.

24 Sep 2024

Lucknow

Amid Tirupati laddu row, food samples collected from UP temples

In the wake of the ongoing controversy over the purity of the world-famous Tirupati "laddu prasadam," Uttar Pradesh authorities have taken proactive measures.

22 Sep 2024

Andhra Pradesh

Naidu announces 'cleansing' of Andhra temples amid Tirupati laddoo row

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu has announced a "cleansing" process for all state temples following the controversy over alleged use of animal fat in Tirupati laddoos.

22 Sep 2024

N Chandrababu Naidu

'Naidu pathological liar, reprimand him': Jagan Mohan writes to Modi 

YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to address allegations made by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu regarding the use of animal fat in Tirumala laddus.

22 Sep 2024

Andhra Pradesh

Amid Tirupati laddu row, Karnataka uses GPS to track ghee

The Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) has installed a geo-positioning system (GPS) on its vehicles that deliver ghee to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), which oversees the Tirupati temple, in Andhra Pradesh.

21 Sep 2024

Chandrababu Naidu

Tirupati laddus were distributed during Ayodhya Ram temple's consecration: Priest

Acharya Satyendra Das, the chief priest of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya, has confirmed that "prasad" from the Tirupati temple was distributed at the Ram Temple earlier this year.

20 Sep 2024

Andhra Pradesh

Union Health Minister seeks report on Tirupati laddoos

Union Health Minister JP Nadda has sought a report from Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu regarding allegations of animal fat usage in the famous Tirupati laddoos.

19 Sep 2024

Andhra Pradesh

Naidu claims animal fat used in Tirupati laddoos, YSRCP refutes

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu has alleged that the previous Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) government used animal fat in the preparation of Tirupati laddoos.

01 Mar 2023

Tirupati

Tirupati Temple gets facial recognition system: How will it work

To prevent misuse of temple services, the famous Lord Venkateswara temple in Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati district has introduced a facial recognition system.

01 Apr 2021

Jammu And Kashmir

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams to build temple in J&K

The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Thursday approved a proposal to allot nearly 25 hectares of land on lease basis for a period of 40 years to the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) to build a temple and its allied infrastructures in the union territory.

10 Aug 2020

Andhra Pradesh

Andhra: 743 staffers of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams corona-positive, three dead

In a worrying turn of events, as many as 743 staff members of the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) in Andhra Pradesh tested positive for coronavirus and three have died, an official said on Sunday.

07 Sep 2018

Karnataka

Two Bengaluru construction companies donate Rs. 2cr to Lord Venkateswara

Two Bengaluru based construction companies together made an offering of Rs. 2 crore today to the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh.

14 Jul 2018

Andhra Pradesh

Two NRI devotees donate Rs. 13.5cr to Tirumala Venkateswara temple

Two US-based entrepreneurs donated Rs. 13.5 crore to the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara in Tirumala.

03 Jul 2018

Haryana

Lord Venkateshwara Temple opened in Kurukshetra, biggest in North India

After inaugurating the Lord Venkateshwara Temple in Delhi in 2013, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) had started work to build another in Kurukshetra, a holy city of Haryana.

29 Aug 2017

India

The Tirupati Temple has just deposited 2,780kg gold with SBI

Guessing which is India's richest Hindu temple isn't hard, but estimating exactly how much it owns might be difficult.

19 Jun 2017

Arun Jaitley

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