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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which Indian temple has again started the free supply of its famous laddu offering?
A
Swaminarayan Akshardham Temple
B
Jagannath Temple
C
Sri Venkateswara Temple
D
Meenakshi Temple
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), one of the country’s richest temples, needs a steady supply of chickpea flour for its laddus, the round sweets produced in the temple’s huge kitchen.

Detailed explanation-2: -It’s now official. Every devotee visiting the temple of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala henceforth will be provided with one free ‘laddu’ by the TTD.

Detailed explanation-3: -The inscriptions also made it clear that there was a similar food offering instituted by one Maharaja Sri Shudaji Bhanuji Pantulu. The architect of the ‘Laddu Empire’ is Kalyanam Iyengar. He was the brain behind making Laddu synonymous with Tirupati.

Detailed explanation-4: -Tirupati Laddu or SriVari Laddu is the laddu sweet offered as Naivedhyam to Venkateswara at Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in Tirupati, Tirupati district, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ghee can be termed as the secret ingredient in the laddu with many diary firms bidding to bag the contract with TTD every year. To prepare the laddu, the supply of ghee is procured via tenders twice a year, with each tender valid for a period of six months.

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