The country's food safety regulator has issued a show cause notice to a Tamil Nadu-based firm for allegedly supplying substandard ghee to temple authority Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam even as the chorus for a thorough probe and strict action over the alleged use of animal fat in Tirupati laddus grew louder.

A four-hour purification ritual was performed at the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) shrine to appease Lord Venkateswara Swamy, following serious allegations that animal fats had been used in the preparation of the sacred Tirupati laddus,

A four-hour purification ritual was conducted at the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam shrine to appease Lord Venkateswara Swamy amid allegations of mixing animal fats in Tirupati laddus. Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) executive officer J Shyamala Rao has assured devotees that their concerns regarding the temple laddus can be put to rest as the sanctity of the ‘prasadams’ has been restored following the purification ritual.

On Monday, the Union Health Ministry sent a show cause notice to AR Dairy, which supplied ghee to the Tirupati temple.

A purification ritual known as Shanti Homam began at the Sri Venkateswara Temple on Monday, following reports that animal fat was allegedly found in the ghee used to prepare the renowned Tirupati laddus.

Shanti Homam began at Sri Venkateswara Temple after animal fat was found in ghee for Tirupati laddus. CM N. Chandrababu Naidu orders SIT probe into TTD irregularities.