2024-09-27 15:33:04
Ayodhya: Amidst the growing controversy over alleged adulteration of Laddus Prasad in Tirupati Balaji temple, important reactions have emerged from Ayodhya, Prayagraj and Mathura in Uttar Pradesh. It demands improvements in the preparation and distribution of temple offerings. Acharya Satyendra Das, chief priest of Ram Janmabhoomi temple, on Thursday raised questions on the purity of oil and ghee being sold across the country and demanded their investigation. Acharya Das said that the prasad offered to the deities should be done only under the supervision of the priests of the temple. Must be prepared. Das’s statement came amid the controversy over adulteration of animal fat in the ghee used to prepare ‘Laddu Prasadam’ offered in Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati temple.
Acharya Das demanded ban
Commenting on the Tirupati temple prasad controversy, Acharya Satyendra Das demanded a ‘complete ban’ on prasad being prepared by outside agencies in all major monasteries and temples. He said that the controversy regarding the use of fat and animal fat in Tirupati Balaji’s Prasad is increasing across the country. Both saints and devotees are expressing anger over this and demanding an investigation.
The chief priest said that while appealing to all the monasteries and temples of the country, he said that the prasad offered to the deities should be prepared only under the supervision of the temple priests. He reiterated the need to check the purity of oil and ghee being sold across the country. He alleged that an international conspiracy to defile the monasteries and temples of the country by mixing fat in the Prasad is continuing.
Advocacy of ancient Prasad
Amid the controversy, ‘Dharma Raksha Sangh’, a local religious organization of Vrindavan, has decided to offer ancient offerings like fruits, flowers, panchmeva, cardamom seeds and sugar candy in the temples of Krishna Nagari instead of sweets available in the market. Sangh’s national president Saurabh Gaur, referring to the meeting of representatives and religious leaders of various religious organizations held in Vrindavan on Wednesday, told reporters on Thursday that after the Tirupati Balaji temple incident, major changes are being made in the Prasad system of temples across the country. Needed.
Saurabh Gaur told that the decision to offer ancient offerings like fruits, flowers, panchmeva, cardamom seeds and sugar candy in the temples of Mathura instead of the sweets available in the market was taken in a meeting chaired by Mahamandaleshwar Swami Krishnanand Maharaj at Shri Bhagwat Mandiram located on Parikrama Marg. In this, a unanimous decision was taken regarding Prasad. Saurabh told that the religious leaders and religious organizations have decided to adopt the traditional system of offering and accepting Prasad as per Hindu faith instead of the Prasad made in the market.
Ban in temples of Prayagraj also
According to the news received from Prayagraj, there has been a ban on bringing Prasad from outside in the form of sweets, laddus, pedas etc. even in major temples. The Mahants of these temples have requested the devotees to offer coconut, cardamom seeds, dry fruits etc. as Prasad at present, as these are pure. There is no possibility of adulteration in these. Yamuna Puri Maharaj, Chief Patron of Alop Shankari Devi Temple and Secretary of Shri Panchayati Akhara Mahanirvani, said that devotees from all over India come to Alop Shankari Devi Temple, one of the 52 Shaktipeeths.
Yamuna Puri Maharaj said that at present there has been a ban on devotees bringing sweet prasad from outside. After the completion of the beautification work of the temple, we will arrange for testing by the testing agency and prepare sweet prasad and provide pure prasad to the people at the lowest price within the temple premises.
Demand for investigation of Prasad
Balbir Giri Ji Maharaj, the patron of the Bade Hanuman temple located on the banks of Sangam and Mahant of Shrimath Baghambari Gaddi, said that after the completion of the corridor construction of the temple, the temple management itself will make the offerings of laddu-pedas for the Shri Bade Hanuman temple. Mahant Shridharanand Brahmachari Ji Maharaj of Mankameshwar Temple situated on the banks of Yamuna said that after the Tirupati controversy, we have banned bringing Prasad from outside to Mankameshwar Temple. We have written a letter to the District Magistrate to get the laddu-pedas available in the shops outside the temple examined.
Shridharanand Brahmachari Ji Maharaj said that until the purity of the sweets becomes clear in the investigation, they will not be allowed to be offered in the temple. Anyway, we believe in fruits more than sweets.
ban on sweet prasad
Shiv Murat Mishra, chief priest of the famous Lalitadevi temple of Prayagraj, said that in the meeting of our temple management held on Tuesday, it was decided that sweet prasad will not be offered to the goddess in the temple, but coconut, fruits, dry fruits, cardamom seeds will be offered to the devotees. It has been requested to offer etc. He said that in future the plan is to open shops in the temple premises itself, where pure sweet prasad will be available to the devotees.
Earlier on Monday, Lucknow’s famous Mankameshwar temple had also banned the prasad purchased from outside by the devotees and said that they can offer home-made prasad or fruits. The temple management said it is also taking steps to ensure the purity of the prasad offered at the temple. There are also plans to test the quality of the temple and potentially set up its own prasad production facilities.
Outside Prasad banned in Dudheshwarnath also
After the famous incident of animals being found in the Prasad of Tirupati Balaji, now sweets will not be offered in Dudheshwarnath Temple, Chowpla Hanuman Temple and Devi Temple located at Delhi Gate. International spokesperson of Panchdasnam Juna Akhara, National President of Delhi Sant Mahamandal and Mahant of Siddhpeeth Dudheshwar Nath Temple, Narayan Giri announced this. Narayan Giri said that whichever devotee comes to the temple for worship, he should exchange coconut for the sweets bought from the market. Offer only fruits, dry fruits or home-made sweets.
Mahant said that outside sweets will not be offered in the Chaupla temple from next Tuesday. The same arrangement will be in place in Dudheshwar temple from Monday. The same announcement has been made for the devotees of the Devi temple. He told that gram, jaggery, sugar candy, fruits or home-made laddus can be offered in these temples. Prasad will not be offered to any shop or street vendor.
Mahant said that pure Prasad will be prepared and offered by the temple committee. Delhi Sant Mandal has also been talked to to make arrangements in the temples of Delhi till the shopkeeper ensures that the sweets are being prepared from pure ghee. This arrangement will remain in place till that time. The Food Safety Department is also being demanded to speed up the investigation campaign.