Tirumala, June 18 -- : Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) on Thursday held a meeting with dal millers from across Andhra Pradesh to explore the supply of quality pulses for its Annaprasadam programme, which serves free meals to lakhs of pilgrims visiting Tirumala every day.
The meeting was chaired by TTD Additional Executive Officer Ch. Venkaiah Chowdary and focused on both the quality and quantity of dal supplies required for the programme.
During the meeting, the Additional EO said TTD uses seven varieties of pulses in the preparation of Annaprasadam, including Bengal gram, fried Bengal gram, black gram with husk, black gram without husk, toor dal, green gram and groundnuts.
He noted that TTD had significantly improved the quality of...