Ram Mandir's chief priest Acharya Satyendra Das questioned the purity of ghee being sold nationwide and demanded a ban on prasad prepared by external agencies.

Acting on a request from a devotee, the food safety department of the UP government collected samples of the prasad served at the Ram Temple in Ayodhya and sent it for testing to a government lab in Jhansi.

The development comes amid calls for reforms in the preparation and distribution of prasad across Ayodhya, Prayagraj, and Mathura in Uttar Pradesh

Ghee was used in the preparation of the sacred offering (prasadam) as well as burning a perennial lamp in the shrine.

Amid the growing controversy surrounding the alleged adulteration of laddus at the Tirupati temple, authorities at Odisha’s iconic Jagannath Temple have decided to test the purity of the ghee used in preparing the mahaprasad.

PURI: The Odisha government on Tuesday decided to test the quality of ghee used for preparation of offerings at the Jagannath temple in Puri, an official said. The decision was taken amid the row over the alleged use of animal fat in the ghee with which the laddus offered at the Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh are prepared.