The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), which manages the world-famous Lord Venkateswara Temple, has uncovered a massive fraud involving ritual silk shawls worth approximately ₹54 crore. For nearly ten years—from 2015 to 2025—a contractor supplied cheap polyester shawls while charging TTD for pure mulberry silk shawls. These shawls are gifted to VIP donors and used in.
