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Lord Venkateswara Temple Attender Gets Suspended For 'Laddu' Fraud

Attender At Lord Venkateswara Temple Gets Suspended For 'Laddu' Fraud
Indian sweets are sweet.The Laddu made from flours, sugar and ghee is probably one sweet that goes back deep into Indian history as all of these ingredients have been readily available for thousands of years.I only like this kind of Boondi Laddu. There are others like the Besan Laddu which has the texture of sand when eaten. Boondi Laddu on the other hand is soft and sweet and smaller each boondi the better. Served at special family gathers this was served to celebrate my cousins child at a ceremony called Godh Bharai.
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Indian sweets are sweet.The Laddu made from flours, sugar and ghee is probably one sweet that goes back deep into Indian history as all of these ingredients have been readily available for thousands of years.I only like this kind of Boondi Laddu. There are others like the Besan Laddu which has the texture of sand when eaten. Boondi Laddu on the other hand is soft and sweet and smaller each boondi the better. Served at special family gathers this was served to celebrate my cousins child at a ceremony called Godh Bharai.

TIRUPATI -- An attender attached to the Lord Venkateswara temple at nearby Tirumala was today suspended for allegedly swindling at least 20,000 laddus from different accounts of devotees who had donated cash.

Temple officials said the employee was caught red-handed at the donor cell from where six to 20 laddus are issued free of cost to devotees who have donated between Rs one lakh to 20 lakh to the famous shrine.

The employee confessed to the crime and said in the last three months he had managed to sell elsewhere at least 20,000 laddus allotted to donor devotees, they said.

However, the laddu account book of the donor devotees was well maintained by the employee, the officials said.

He has been discharging his duties at the cell for the last 30 months, they said adding that further departmental investigation is on.

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