Amul, Karnataka’s Nandini Milk and AR Dairy Food Private Limited were being questioned over the purity of ghee being supplied to the Tirupati temple.

Many users on social media claimed that TTD switched its ghee supplier from Nandini to Amul in the recent years. Amul was responding to these allegations

Health minister JP Nadda sought a report on the matter from Andhra Pradesh government and promised suitable action after examining it.

The Karnataka government has mandated the use of Nandini Ghee for ’Prasada’ in all temples after concerns arose over animal fat in Tirupati laddoos. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah directed 34,000 temples to adhere to this,

KMF managing director MK Jagadish said the Nandini Ghee supply was restored after the TTD awarded a tender to KMF a month ago. Nandini is the popular brand of the Karnataka Milk Federation.

Andhra Pradesh CM N. Chandrababu Naidu recently accused previous regime of using poor-quality ingredients and adulterated ghee for making Tirupati laddu

Reacting to the Tirupati laddu issue, former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy stated that the TDP is "politicising religious matters."

The Karnataka government has directed all 34,000 muzrai temples to exclusively use 'Nandini' ghee from the Karnataka Milk Federation for preparing prasada and food. This decision aims to ensure quality and address concerns following a controversy over animal fat in Tirupati laddus,

TTD executive officer Shamala Rao said the prices quoted by the next supplier were so low despite pure cow ghee not being cheap

Temples in Karnataka have now been ordered to mandatorily use only Nadhini ghee of the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF) for making laddoos or any other type of sweets as offerings.