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Prakash Gupta, the chief executive of the Ram Temple trust, revealed that on an average, around 80,000 packets of cardamom seeds are distributed daily as a holy offering. (File)
Samples were obtained from Haiderganj, where cardamom seed donations are prepared and sent to the Jhansi State Laboratory for further testing and evaluation.
The Food and Drug Safety Department on Friday collected samples of ‘elaichi daana’ or cardamom seeds distributed as ‘prasad’ at the Ram Janmabhoomi temple here and sent them for testing, officials said.
The action was taken following a complaint filed through the Integrated Grievance Redressal System (IGRS), said Assistant Food Commissioner Manik Chand Singh.
Singh said the samples were taken from Haiderganj, where cardamom seeds are prepared and sent to the Jhansi State Laboratory for further testing and analysis.
Prakash Gupta, the chief executive of the Ram Temple trust, revealed that on an average, around 80,000 packets of cardamom seeds are distributed daily as a holy offering.
Amid the controversy over the alleged presence of animal fat in the laddus at the Tirupati Temple in Andhra Pradesh, the chief priest of the Ram temple here on Thursday questioned the purity of ghee sold across the country and said ‘prasad’ should be prepared under the supervision of only the priests of the temple.
(This story was not edited by News18 staff and was published by an integrated news agency – PTI)