Following the meeting, the Chair Naidu announced that all non-Hindu employees at Tirumala Temple would either be offered a Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS) or transferred to other government departments.
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Chairman BR Naidu on Monday criticized AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi's statement regarding Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, saying that the Waqf board is a real estate company and questioned how he can compare it with Tirumala.
Op-ed by Nisha Susan in LiveMInt sparked outrage for mocking author Saiswaroopa Iyer's mother's concerns about Tirupati Laddus, with insensitive remarks that insulted both personal faith and journalistic integrity.
After Karnataka Congress govt raised the prices of Nandini Ghee, they could not bid for Tirupati temple and the temple procured ghee from other sources at lower prices, leading to adulteration by animal fat
Chandrababu Naidu claimed that the quality of Tirumala Laddu had become substandard during the previous dispensation, and termed it a sacrilege. YSR Congress, meanwhile, refuted the claim
Reddy said that this platform would be the first of its kind in the country and that the temple would become the place for people to declare their faith in Hinduism.