Shankaracharya on Tirupati laddu row 'Organised crime'

As the Tirupati laddu controversy ignites further, Shankaracharya of the Jyotish Peeth in Uttarakhand Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati has termed it as an organised crime and demanded a thorough investigation into the matter.

Speaking to the media, he said the usage of the word ‘controversy’ was wrong as the issue is much bigger and deeper. He reminded the



reporter of Mangal Pandey, an Indian soldier of the British Army, who refused to open a cartridge from his mouth as if contained beef.

“One Mangal Pandey was asked to open cartridge from the mouth, there was a revolution in the country. Today, it was put in the mouths of crores of Indians. It is not a small thing. It is a big betrayal to the Hindu community,” he said.