Tirupati: Yet another major scam has rocked the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), the trust managing the famed Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh, after an internal vigilance inquiry revealed that pure silk scarves delivered between 2015 and 2025 were 100% synthetic.

These scarves are given by the temple to donors and dignitaries during VIP darshan during the Vedasirvachanam at the Ranganayakula Mandapam inside the Tirumala temple. ADVERTISEMENT

Temple rules specify that the scarves must be woven entirely from pure mulberry silk, using 20/22 denier thread in both warp and weft, with a minimum thickness of 31.5 denier. Each item must have the inscription “Om Namo Venkatesaya” in Sanskrit on one side and “Om Namo Venkatesaya” in Telugu on the other, along with symbols of the Shanku, Cha

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