TTD Chairman BR Naidu, along with TTD EO J Shyamala Rao and Additional EO CH Venkaiah Chowdhury, officially launched the vada prasadam distribution program for devotees at the Tarigonda Vengamamba Anna Prasadam Bhavan in Tirumala on Thursday morning.
Tirumala: The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has included masala vada in its Anna Prasadam served to devotees for free at Tirumala.
TTD chairman BR Naidu along with TTD EO J Shyamala Rao and Additional EO CH Venkaiah Chowdhury formally launched the vada prasadam serving programme for devotees at the Tarigonda Vengamamba Anna Prasadam Bhavan in Tirumala on Thursday morning.
Speaking on the occasion, the TTD chairman said that after he assumed office, he had floated the idea of serving an additional item to the devotees in the Anna Prasadam menu. When the matter was brought to the notice of Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, he agreed and approved the idea.
The TTD chairman also informed that the temple management was already serving Anna Prasadams to the devotees with high quality ingredients. Lentils, green chillies, ginger, curry leaves, coriander, mint and anise are used in the preparation of vadas served to the devotees.
About 35,000 vadas would be served to the devotees at the Anna Prasada Kendra from 10.30 am to 4 pm every day. He informed that the number would be increased further in the future.
