Different monks and cooks of the temple additionally raised doubts in regards to the purity of ghee. (Representational)
Kendrapara:
The servitors of the well-known Sri Baladevjew temple in Odisha’s Kendrapara district on Friday alleged the usage of adulterated ghee to arrange prasad and bhog within the 300-year-old temple.
Sarat Patri, one of many monks of the temple, stumbled throughout adulterated ghee tins within the temple kitchen and raised this challenge earlier than the temple managing committee.
The temple authorities just lately procured 6 tins of government-owned OMFED ghee to arrange bhog of the temple throughout the Navaratri interval. However the cooks discovered an disagreeable odour and a bitter style of the ghee. Different monks and cooks of the temple additionally raised doubts in regards to the purity of ghee.
Balabhadra Patri, the Govt Officer of the Baladevjew temple managing committee mentioned “OMFED equipped sub-standard ghee to the temple for which dangerous odor was emitting from the ghee. We returned all of the 5 ghee tins to the OMFED department workplace at Kendrapara on Friday.” Contacted, Lingaraj Parida the advertising and marketing in-charge of OMFED, Kendrapara department mentioned “Ghee equipped by us to the temple developed a nasty odour because it was uncovered to moisture and warmth for too lengthy. We now have instructed the temple authorities to retailer the ghee in cool environs in future. The allegation of impure ghee equipped by us shouldn’t be true”.
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