Tirupati, Sep 15th: The famous Tirupati laddu given as prasadam to lakhs of devotees at the Lord Venkateswara Temple for three centuries has been awarded geographical copyright. It was in March 2008 that the TTD Trust Board submitted its application to the Geographical Indication Registry in Chennai. Assistant registrar of Trade Marks and GI in Chennai Mr. G.L Verma said that the laddu is now protected under the law and severe action will be taken on those who copy it.
The high demand for the laddu from devotees had spawned a major black market trade in and around the temple in the last two decades. Fake laddus were sold all over. The TTD is hoping that the GI status would end this. The mouth watering laddu is prepared using Besan flour, sugar, cashew nuts, cardamom, ghee, oil, sugar candy, raisins and almonds. The laddu was priced just Rs 3 in 1989 but now sells at Rs 25 a piece. Historians say that laddu prasadam was first given to devotees 300 years ago during the times of the Mahants at Tirumala.
The high demand for the laddu from devotees had spawned a major black market trade in and around the temple in the last two decades. Fake laddus were sold all over. The TTD is hoping that the GI status would end this. The mouth watering laddu is prepared using Besan flour, sugar, cashew nuts, cardamom, ghee, oil, sugar candy, raisins and almonds. The laddu was priced just Rs 3 in 1989 but now sells at Rs 25 a piece. Historians say that laddu prasadam was first given to devotees 300 years ago during the times of the Mahants at Tirumala.
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