The Tirupati Laddu

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.