The Food Safety and Drug Administration Department collected samples of 'elaichi daana' or cardamom seeds given as 'prasad' at the Ram Janmabhoomi temple for testing, officials said.
The collection of the samples was prompted by a complaint lodged via the Integrated Grievance Redressal System (IGRS), according to Assistant Food Commissioner Manik Chand Singh.
Singh mentioned that the samples were obtained from Haiderganj, the location where the cardamom seed offerings are prepared, and sent to the Jhansi State Laboratory for thorough testing and assessment.
Prakash Gupta, the officer in charge of the Ram Temple trust, disclosed that approximately 80,000 packets of cardamom seeds are distributed daily as a sacred offering on average.
Amid a row over the alleged presence of animal fat in laddus at the Tirupati Temple in Andhra Pradesh, the chief priest of the Ram temple here on Thursday questioned the purity of ghee being sold nationwide and said 'prasad' should be prepared under the supervision of temple priests only.
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