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In an announcement in January, A.V. Dharma Reddy, the executive officer of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam’s (TTD), the trust that runs the temple in Andhra Pradesh, had said that the process of laddoo-making will be automated by December 2023 under a Rs 50 crore project.

Dharma Reddy had said, “The entire process will result in the production of more hygienic and tastier laddoos for the devotees.”

According to top TTD officials, the Reliance Group of Companies has agreed to set up two machines – one that will be used regularly, and the other on standby.

 

On a normal day, 3 to 3.5 lakh laddoos are made. With automation, this number will rise to at least 6 lakh,” said a senior TTD official.

Officials told ThePrint that on second Saturdays, Sundays and continuous holidays, at least five lakh laddoos are made each day but the demand is much higher on festival days, like Vaikunta Ekadasi, Ratha Sapthami, and nine-day brahmotsavams.

In the month of January alone, 1.07 crore Srivari laddoos were sold, according to a temple press release. In the annual budget for 2022- 2023, the temple officials said that the sale of laddoo prasadam was likely to get TTD a revenue of Rs 365 crore – that’s Rs 1 crore a day.

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In an announcement in January, A.V. Dharma Reddy, the executive officer of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam’s (TTD), the trust that runs the temple in Andhra Pradesh, had said that the process of laddoo-making will be automated by December 2023 under a Rs 50 crore project.

Dharma Reddy had said, “The entire process will result in the production of more hygienic and tastier laddoos for the devotees.”

According to top TTD officials, the Reliance Group of Companies has agreed to set up two machines – one that will be used regularly, and the other on standby.

 

On a normal day, 3 to 3.5 lakh laddoos are made. With automation, this number will rise to at least 6 lakh,” said a senior TTD official.

Officials told ThePrint that on second Saturdays, Sundays and continuous holidays, at least five lakh laddoos are made each day but the demand is much higher on festival days, like Vaikunta Ekadasi, Ratha Sapthami, and nine-day brahmotsavams.

In the month of January alone, 1.07 crore Srivari laddoos were sold, according to a temple press release. In the annual budget for 2022- 2023, the temple officials said that the sale of laddoo prasadam was likely to get TTD a revenue of Rs 365 crore – that’s Rs 1 crore a day.

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) is a trust that runs the famous Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh, India. In January 2023, the executive officer of TTD, A.V. Dharma Reddy, announced that the process of making the popular Srivari laddoo prasadam (offering to the deity) will be automated by December 2023 under a project costing Rs 50 crore. The Reliance Group of Companies has agreed to set up two machines to help with the automation process, with the goal of producing more hygienic and tastier laddoos for devotees. On a normal day, the temple produces 3 to 3.5 lakh laddoos, but this number is expected to rise to at least 6 lakh with automation. On busy days, demand can be much higher, with up to 5 lakh laddoos being made each day on holidays and weekends. In January 2023 alone, 1.07 crore Srivari laddoos were sold, with the temple expecting a revenue of Rs 365 crore from the sale of laddoo prasadam in the 2022-2023 budget year, or approximately Rs 1 crore a day

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