Tirupati Temple

Supreme Court directs Centre to set up a committee to ensure devotees are not fleeced by priests at popular temples

Supreme Court has directed the Centre to set up a committee to study how the temples across the country are managed, particularly with respect to facilities for pilgrims and utilisation of donations and offerings.

Cosmetic products often advertised as being made from 'natural sources' are not free of animal organs, secretions

Is it possible to be vegan in a world which is now totally dependent on truly useless things made from animals? When something is advertised as “natural sources” it usually means animal sources.

Tirupati temple board issues notice to 44 non-Hindu employees, wants them redeployed; tilak now mandatory for workers

The notice, seeks an explanation from the employees, as to how they came into the Tirumala temple board's service as the rules bar non-Hindus from working at the Hindu institution.

How temple cuisine in India made its way from places of worship onto the menus of five-star hotels

Long the mainstay of offerings made to the deity, or served to the poor and needy at places of worship as part of community service, ‘temple cuisine’ is now dished up in the kitchens of leading hotels as well.

State created vacuum of real spiritual leaders, helped flourish self-styled gurus like Gurmeet Ram Rahim

State's meddling with Hindu temple finances emasculated real spiritual gurus of their power, allowed self-styled gurus like Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, Asaram Baput to flourish

GST impact: As Tirupati temple faces Rs 100 cr tax burden, your religious trip may get expensive

The revenue from sale of famous laddu prasadam of Tirumala would be exempted from GST, but the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam will have to pay GST on all raw materials for preparation of the laddus.

Telangana CM KCR's gold offering at Tirupati is not just deceitful, but also misuse of public funds

If KCR wishes to make offering he should do it off his own bat and not make it a nationwide affair like he did with his birthday.

Govt tweaks gold monetisation scheme to woo temples, now allows repayments in gold

India imports about 1,000 tonnes of gold every year and the precious metal is the second highest component of the imports bill after crude oil

Monetisation scheme: Tirupati, Siddhivinayak temples seek gold as return, not cash

TTD last month deposited 1.3 tonnes of gold with state-run Punjab National Bank at a rate of 1.75 percent for three years

Helping hand: Tirupati temple may move its entire gold stash to save PM Modi's monetisation scheme