NEW DELHI: Andhra Pradesh Deputy chief minister Pawan Kalyan started an 11-day ‘Prayaschitta Diksha‘ at Sri Dasavatara Venkateswara Swamy Temple in Guntur on Sunday. The initiation is a penance for the alleged use of ‘animal fats‘ in Tirupati Laddu Prasadam on the Tirumala Temple in Tirupati.
Kalyan introduced on X that he’ll quick for 11 days looking for forgiveness from Lord Balaji.He said, “I’m deeply harm on a private stage by the malicious makes an attempt made to infuse impurity within the prasad of Sri Tirupati Balaji Dham, the middle of our tradition, religion, perception, and devotion, and to let you know the reality, I really feel cheated from inside.”
He additional added, “Proper now, I’m taking a vow to hunt forgiveness from the Lord and am taking a vow to quick for eleven days. Within the latter a part of the eleven-day Atonement Initiation, on October 1 and a couple of, I’ll go to Tirupati and have a private darshan of the Lord and beg for forgiveness after which my Atonement Initiation might be accomplished in entrance of the Lord.”
Kalyan, a Janasena Celebration chief, expressed shock and guilt over the alleged use of animal fats, blaming the earlier authorities. “Tirumala Laddu Prasadam, which is taken into account to be sacred, has change into impure on account of the wicked tendencies of the previous rulers,” he wrote on X.
He added, “Not having the ability to detect this sin at first is a stain on the Hindu race. The second I got here to know that the laddu prasadam contained animal stays, I used to be shocked. Feeling responsible. As I’m combating for the welfare of the individuals, it hurts me that such bother didn’t come to my consideration at first.”
Earlier, the Telangana Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) referred to as for strict motion. Ram Singh, VHP Vice President, “Vishwa Hindu Parishad is demanding that everybody concerned on this ought to get instantly arrested and punished. If the federal government doesn’t do this, then the Hindu organisations like Bajrang Dal, Sangh Parivar and the devotees of Balaji ought to take motion.”
Ram Singh alleged that using ghee containing animal fats was for enterprise functions.
This controversy follows Andhra Pradesh chief minister Chandrababu Naidu’s accusation that substandard substances, together with animal fats, have been utilized in Tirupati laddus throughout the earlier Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Celebration (YSRCP) authorities. Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy responded on Friday, accusing the Telugu Desam Celebration (TDP) of “politicising non secular issues.”
