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The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), the trust managing the famed Tirumala temple in Andhra Pradesh, has been rocked by the revelation of a massive Rs 54 crore silk 'dupatta' scam, spanning a decade from 2015 to 2025. The scandal came to light following an internal vigilance inquiry that found that a contractor consistently supplied 100% polyester dupattas while billing them as the pure mulberry silk products specified in the tender documents. The internal probe, which was initiated after the TTD board under Chairman BR Naidu raised concerns, revealed the extent of the alleged fraud. The contractor supplied cheaper polyester material instead of the mandatory pure mulberry silk for the dupattas, which are presented to major donors and used in temple rituals like the Vedasirvachanam.
