Some quick facts about Tirupati Laddu
Around 150,000 laddus are made daily.- One laddu is given free to each devotee; the number of daily devotees that visit the temple is around 50,000.
- A devotee can buy extra two laddus – a small laddu costs 25 rupees and big laddu costs 100 rupees.
- The revenue from the sale of laddu annually is more than 11 million rupees.
- Each laddu weighs around 100gms and is huge when compared with the normal laddu found in shops.
- There is a super huge Tirupati Laddu known as Kalyana Laddu and it weighs around 500gms – ½ a kilogram.
- Single largest laddu made is said to have weighed 32 kg.
- The tradition of Tirupati Laddu is nearly 300 years old.
- It is prepared by special hereditary priests known as archakas in special temple kitchen known as ‘potu’.
- Ingredients used in Tirupati Laddu are Besan flour (kadalai mavu), Sugar, Cashew nuts, Cardamom, Ghee, Oil, Sugar candy, Raisins and Almonds.
On a day around 5000 kg of Besan flour is used.
Sugar around 10000 kg.
Cashew nuts around 600 kg.
Cardamom 150 kg
Ghee 300 liters
Sugar candy 400 kg
Raisins 540 kg
- The ingredients are bought at the auction at the Commodities and Spices Exchange in
42 comments:
Tirumala laddu was bigger in size about 15 years back comparing to nowadays what the devotees get as prasadam we are ready to pay more but avaialability is only to the staff and also some laddoos are sold in black @ Rs 50 each specially by the security staff in the temple premises you will be approached by them and in a friendly chat you will be enquired your place of destination and after confirmation you will be asked if you need laddoos which are for sale.
I wish the TTD Trust notes down the difference between supply and demand hope they balance the same by opening a special counter for sale of laddoo Prasadam as per quantity required by the devotees.
Further i congratulate you for this wonderful blog.
Reagrds,
Sunil Hariyani
Pune
sunil.hariyani@gmail.com
its very intresting...thanks for info..
Its very usefull thank you
It is quite fortunate that the Temple trust for patenting (under Geographical Indication of Goods Act) the laddu. A "goods" status to the laddu takes away its sanctity.
Mixing religion with IPR will have serious consequences. It is like playing with fire and petrol.
In the beginning of this year, the Trademark Registry granted a 'trademark on the picture of deity' in Attukal temple Thiruvananthapuram on a TM application by the temple trust. GI registry has made a similiar mistake this month by granting GI tag on Tirupati laddu. TRIPS forays into religion and faith... and the Indians happily welcome this demon dragging in to our temples. It's Incredible India
R.S. Praveen Raj
Its really awesome ti visit tirupati and waiting for dashan and all .We could not forget it in our life time those who not visited till now they missed a lot ..........
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As sugar is used to made Laddu, hope u've 2 consider that bones of pig/cow/horse are used in making Sugar, making me unhappy as I cant change the world, even my post may not be shown. - tlsankar@yahoo.co.in
I LOVE LADDU VERY MUCH PLEASE PROVIDE 2 FREE LADDU'S FOR THE DEVOTEES AND ALSO INCREASE THE GHEE IN LADDU
hi iam from bangalore.
i love laddu very much. please provide 2 free laddu's for the devotees during the time of darshan. and also please increase the quantity of ghee in laddu.
thank u
Laddu is very tasty and interested.I am enjoying to eat.Now a days 'LADDU' size is decreased and taste also not good comparing past days.
Du you know Why Tirupathi Laddu is TAsty
Every day 1 full Mug of Tasty Milk is kept inside the Nearby God Then They will close the Door To Give Rest To the Lord , In that time god will consume 3/4 of Milk , the Remaining Milk will be Mixed in the preparation of Laddu
ladoo..tirupati laddu...
mouth watering guhan
It is sad in the secular contries like ours, Prasad & gods are being patiented. The Govt is Of Kerala is using Sabarimala for minting money & andhra in name of Lord Venkateshwara. Call it Secular Devine tourism.
Tirupati vadai tastes as divine as Laddu. There is a saying that there are three things a Vaishnava should not miss :
Tirupati vadai, Kanchivaram kodai, Srirangam nadai.
Ramesh
Hey the laddu is very very tasty i remember when i visited for the first time and the taste is still on the tongue now the laddu is smaller and dry fruits are merely seen. If price is increased not an issue but the quality & quantity shall not be compromised.
Now it seems that laddu helps a lot to increase the strength of diabetic person. Laddu details are amazing. Keep it up.
Please tell me the recipe of that laddu. its really mouth watering, these year i visited the temple, the cost was 25rs per laddu, and i took nearly 25 ladoos which i finished it off, in my train journey from chennai to gujarat.
@ tlb... they dont use sugar... thats why they use sugar candy (kalkandu)
for ladoo only jaggery should be used not sugar as sugar is injurious to health so also the sugar candy(kalkand) should not be used A prasadam should not contain injurious items venkatram cona
Gaao ji sab mil kar
Aarti gaao
Aaarti, mangal aarti gaao
Nahi hai jag mein aisa sundar
Doosra dhaam...tirupati dhaam
Unhein rijhao, unhein manao
jai ho !
missing tirupati laddoos a lot ...
Ladoos are very tasty, I love to eat them, I wish the hindu blog will give me few ladoos for writing this comment..
Ladoos are my only dreamssssss Bheem bheem bheem chota bheem bheem bheem...... :)
TTD is one of the richest religious bodies in the world...even then it resorts to selling the prasad...!! Kalyug indeed!
TTD is one of the richest religious bodies in the world...even then it resorts to selling the prasad...!! Kalyug indeed!
Jai Tirupathi! Feel like eating a ladoo now after seeing the ladooo pic and reading the ladoo discussion !!:)
More than giving free laddoos to devotees TTD officials should facilitate comfortable darshan to devotees which is not happening now due to arrogance of staff posted inside the temple.
Tirupati Laddus were supplied at the 5th Akka kannada conference, held at Chicago, in 2008. When they found shortage, one company from Bengaluru supplied the required quota...
very good blog
well written blog esp comment about "customized " laddu why not share more with people and stop charging exorbitantly.
nice blog .why charge exorbitantly for the ladddus ?
Kirankumar Tirupathi laddu is very tasty but the people are comming distance place .. so plz requesting icreez the laddu or provide more laddus... dont froding....plz....plz..
The figure of Laddu in the photo has some fungus it seems. Hope it won't be there in the real one.
Thanks for the info. anyways.
Regards
Jay Tirupati Balaji Maharaj ki....
Thanks,
Bharat
The free laddu is very small in size. The laddus on sale are also of the size of tennis ball ( a bit smaller ). But the taste is great. Any day I relish a full laddu.
Even a tiny particle of Balaji prasadam will give love of God to all the souls in the universe, when accepted with a humble respect. The only reason we would want a bigger laddu, is to share it with more people back home :) Otherwise, if a proper submissive devotional attitude is not there while respectfully eating prasadam and remembering this is the causeless mercy of the Lord and not something we purchased by our own 'power', the spiritual benefit might not manifest (take hold) in our hearts, even if we eat tons of it. We can't purchase love of God, but if we could, no amount of wealth would be too big a price for such a valuable thing! :) Jai Baladeva!
Nice info Buddy...Thanks a lot
While we are talking about the laddoo which is considered the prasadam, it will mean nothing but a form of food if cant get a good darshan of the lord. After spending hours and hours waiting, not to mentioned the time spend to travel from our home place and what do we get inside the temple before seeing the lord, THE ATROSIOUS ATTITUDE attitude of the staffs inside, the DEVINE SCANTUM of the place has been destroyed. Devasom board please correct this issue.
VM, Malaysia
My last visit to Tirupati was in January this year. sadly, the temple has been reduced to a business centre now. Laddoos are machine made these days and cost Rs 20 each. They aren't available for free these days. Though people waiting for Darshan in the galleries get free food, milk and water, devotees find it difficult to make it to the main darshan area. The Tirupati devsthanam staff are often rude and do not treat people with respect.
My father said that in their old days, Ladoos contained lot of ghee but now there is no trace or sign of it.
Ladoo should be considered as prasadam and treated
if we get a chance to eat people are lucky to have this,there are still some people who had no luck to have that, atiny peace of ladoo should be taken with love and respect on god tastes good.
anything you do with love and respect gives positive approach rather then commenting on it
patenting is very much important. Adayar Ananda bhavan in chennai is preparing laddus and selling them commercially which are very similar to the Tirupathy laddu. I request people not to buy those laddus just to discourage them from immitating tirupathy laddus.
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