Pawan Kalyan had said in a post on Friday that people are very upset about the addition of animal fat in Tirupati Prasadam. Prakash has appealed to Pawan Kalyan not to make it a national issue and first find out the culprits and punish them.

The situation escalated when the TTD confirmed lab results backing claims that animal fat, including lard (pig fat), had been found in the ghee used for the laddoos.

The controversy surrounding the ghee used in making laddoos at Andhra Pradesh's Tirupati Temple has escalated into a public spat between actor-politician Pawan Kalyan and actor Prakash Raj.

Prakash Raj accuses Andhra Deputy CM Pawan Kalyan of turning the regional issue of the use of adulterated ghee in Tirupati laddoos into a national controversy.

The allegations of using adulterated ghee in making laddu prasadam (consecrated sweet) by Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) sometime ago, appear to have created a rift in Telugu film industry

Pawan Kalyan voiced concerns over alleged adulteration of the sacred Tirupati laddus, claiming the ghee contained animal fats, including fish oil, pork fat, and beef fat.

Andhra Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and Janasena Party leader, Pawan Kalyan, announced on Saturday that he will embark on an 11-day penance to seek divine intervention following allegations of animal fats being used in the famous Tirupati laddus.

The controversy over the reported adulteration of the Tirupati laddoo has made Karnataka go for a huge testing drive of all prasadam (devotional food offerings) of prominent temples across the state.