Srisailam Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple in Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh, supplied adulterated ghee for 11 months during YSRCP regime, SIT probe reveals

SIT investigation revealed Sri Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Swamy Temple in Srisailam received adulterated ghee for 11 months during the YSRCP regime, matching the Tirumala scandal. From May 2022 to March 2023, the temple procured 3.25 lakh kg from Tirupati’s Rajesh Corporation for Rs 15.89 crore, bypassing the trusted Vijaya Dairy.
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Rajesh Corporation, lacking its own dairy facilities, supplied Bhole Baba Dairy’s synthetic ghee made from vegetable oils and chemicals identical to the TTD fraud. Bhole Baba routed adulterated supplies through Tirupati intermediaries after blacklisting, exploiting price disputes, and sidelining cooperative dairies.
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Vijaya Dairy refused unviable price cuts when the temple pressured reductions, allowing Rajesh Corporation’s suspiciously low Rs 489/kg bid to secure the contract. Srisailam’s daily lakh-plus laddu sales made pure ghee procurement critical, yet cooperative supplier exclusion enabled fraud.
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Since April 2023, Vijaya Dairy resumed legitimate supplies after contract irregularities were exposed. Mallanna Temple is also implicated in the same adulteration network.