Ayodhya . Jagadguru Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati, who reached Ayodhya for the installation of Godhwaja and the circumambulation of Ramkot, targeted the government on the issue of using cow fat and fat of other animals and fish oil in the Tirupati temple prasad. He said that the religious leaders should be allowed to do the work of religion. The religious leaders should also do the work of maintenance of temples. The government should end its control over the temples. He said that I appeal to all the saints and religious leaders of Ayodhya to stand up and take away the control of temples from the hands of the government. Temples should run according to the religious system. Religious leaders should take up this responsibility.
Shankaracharya said that whoever is guilty in the Tirupati Prasadam case, strict action should be taken against him. Strictest punishment should be given. It is objectionable that such things are being offered to God in the temple. He said that in the Prana Pratishtha ceremony held in Ayodhya, three tons of laddus came from Tirupati temple which were distributed among the devotees of Ram. People eat prasad by sharing the laddus. In such a situation, the substances present in the laddus went into the bodies of many people. People are hurt by the destruction of the sanctity of Prasad.