Tirupati Temple Board Order 18 Non-Hindu Workers To Take Switch Or Voluntary Retirement | India Information

Andhra Pradesh Information: In keeping with the ruling Telugu Desham Get together authorities led by N Chandrababu Naidu’s stand on Temples and its staff, the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD) Board has requested its non-Hindu staff to both take switch or voluntary retirement. The TTD Board manages Andhra Pradesh’s Sri Venkateswara temple additionally referred to as Tirupati temple. The board acknowledged that the choice aligns with its dedication to sustaining the non secular sanctity of its temples and spiritual practices.
This follows the board’s resolution, made in November, to switch non-Hindu staff and prohibit political speeches. The assembly was the primary performed by the TTD since its present chairman, B.R. Naidu, took workplace that month.
Based on a number of media experiences together with The Indian Specific, six of the 18 staff are academics at numerous TTD academic institutes, others embrace a deputy govt officer (Welfare), an assistant govt officer, an assistant technical officer (electrical), a employee within the hostel, two electricians, and two nurses.
The order issued by TTD reads, “….devoted servants of the Lord Venkteshwara and the esteemed TTD, all of the TTD staff are dedicated to take care of the sanctity of the temple by upholding the traditions and values which were adopted for hundreds of years and to uphold the beliefs and sentiments of the devotees”.
In September final 12 months, controversy arose over the Tirupati Prasadam (laddus) after Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu alleged that substandard elements, together with animal fats, had been used of their preparation through the earlier YSRCP authorities. The laddus are a sacred providing on the Sri Venkateswara Temple in Tirupati.
The earlier YSRCP authorities was additionally accused of appointing non-Hindus to the TTD board.