The Tirupati Laddu is the specific sweet, made to a recipe held under Geographical Indication protection, distributed as prasadam to pilgrims at the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple in Andhra Pradesh, one of the most visited pilgrimage sites in the world. Produced in enormous daily volume in the temple's own kitchens, the laddu is treated by pilgrims as the blessed offering of the deity Venkateswara made tangible, and it stands as one of the single most widely recognized named prasadam traditions anywhere in Hinduism, distinct from the general category terms already recorded here.
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Use
OccasionDistributed daily to pilgrims at the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple as prasadam; not tied to a single festival date. 1 Meaning
Symbolic MeaningDistributed as prasadam, sanctified food, to pilgrims at the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple. 1 Origins
Origin RegionTirumala, Andhra Pradesh, India, made in the kitchens of the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple. 1 Connections
Belongs to Tradition
Source Encyclopedia of ReligionMircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.)
Originated In
India, Regions Source Encyclopedia of ReligionMircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.)
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1. Encyclopedia of Religion
Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005- s.v. Tirumala Venkateswara Temple; prasadam
- Originated In: India, Stored origin-region property on this entity, cited to this source: Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh, India, made in the kitchens of the Tirumala Venkateswara Temple.
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