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Can people please talk about the absolutely disgusting thing that got uncovered in Tirumala?
Honestly I don't engage with many politics or news posts, as they can often end up in conflict- but this absolutely disgusts and saddens me to no end.
There are so many things on so many levels that hurt me about this- and I'll be talking about it in this post.
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QUICK RECAP, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW OR NEED A REFRESHER:
Recently, it was uncovered through lab reports that there were animal products (such as beef, pork and fish) in the prasad (food given as offerings to the deity in the temple, in this case, Lord Venkateswara, and then given to the devotees) of the Tirumala temple, more specifically, in the Laddos.
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The following is my view on this is my opinion on this whole incident, from what I know about it.
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First of all, the fact that this went under the noses of so many people, so easily, is a complete dissapointment.
Hundreds, if not thousands of devotees visit the massive temple complex every day- and consume the prasad- hell, this doesn't even include the people who get the prasad as a gift from people who visited Tirumala.
Not even counting faith- this was so wrong on multiple other levels- including health. This was obviously a massive food safety violation.
Fine. Let's say that this alarmingly large issue went unnoticed accidently. But that still doesn't justify the responses of the people in charge.
And then going into that temple and saying that 'if we did this wrong then the lord will take care of us' is absolutely shameful.
Pushing all the wrongs onto god's name, just so that no-one will question them, instead of acknowledging a huge, huge wrong is just absolutely so so disappointing and shameful.
I am just immensely, immensely disappointed by this chain of events- and all I can say is that I'm absolutely ashamed of it all.
This whole incident speaks a lot about these 'organisations' and their actions- and just breaks my trust in them even more.
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I was scared to post about this incident- but after a point, I simply could not take it. Tirumala is a place very, very close to my heart and honestly I considered it a safe haven- but now this incident has shaken me up. Tirumala will never lose its divinity- but this just makes me so much more reluctant to go there- not because I don't like Tirumala, or that I think of it as different- but because of my distrust at the organisation handling matters regarding it.
I'll probably add on more to this post soon, but for now, this is it.
The movement of a bear on Tirumala's Alipiri walkway has created quite a commotion. A bear was spotted on the footpath near the Narasimhaswamy temple. The security personnel spotted the bear near the temple around 1 am. The bear seems to have wandered along the walkway for a long time. However.. DFO Chandrasekhar responded on this matter. He said that the bear wandered on the walkway when there were no devotees. Strict security arrangements have been made for the devotees of Srivari on the walkway.. Animal movement is natural in the sanctuary.. Devotees are requested not to be afraid. Meanwhile, the devotees are feeling extremely scared due to the movement of cheetahs and bears on the Tirumala walking path.