Amid Tirupati laddu row, Puri will test ghee at Jagannath Temple

“We volition besides sermon with Omfed, the state’s apex beverage federation, to acceptable a modular for ghee utilized astatine the shrine,” Swain told reporters successful Puri.

He said authorities would guarantee that lone “standardised ghee volition beryllium utilized for prasad astatine the shrine”.

The territory medication has already discussed with the nutrient information authorities to cheque the standards of materials stored astatine present, the collector said.

This comes successful the aftermath of allegations that the ghee utilized successful the Tirupati temple to marque laddoos distributed arsenic prasadam was adulterated with carnal fat.

Thousands of devotees sojourn the Jagannath Temple successful Puri each time and person prasad. The temple room has the capableness to navigator for 1 lakh devotees a day.

The mahaprasad is cooked successful earthen pots utilizing firewood, and ghee is the cardinal ingredient. It is archetypal offered to Lord Jagannatha, and past to Goddess Bimala, aft which it becomes mahaprasad.

The medication has besides decided to cheque the prime of ghee utilized for diyas successful the temple, the territory collector said.