Claims of rats in laddoo trays of Siddhivinayak temple: a conspiracy or reality?

After the infamous incident of beef found in Tirupati Laddoos, Siddhivinayak temple also faced a backlash on the internet after a viral video showed rats in a tray of laddoos, which left netizens furious and triggered massive anger among the masses. This viral video left the temple trust furious, leading to a DCP-level inquiry. Here’s all you need to know about the controversy and is it conspiracy or a reality.


About the video
In the video, rodents can be seen under the packets of laddoos, inside a blue plastic tray with prasad. The video claims that the video is of the Siddhivinayak Temple in Prabhadevi. While the video has sparked concerns about hygiene, Sada Sarvankar, president of the temple trust called it “a conspiracy against Hindu temples”.


In conversation with the media, Sarvankar said, “It seems like those rats were kept in a plastic bag by someone and placed in the tray with the prasad of ladoos. We have asked for a committee at the DCP level to find out if the location of the video was from the temple premises. The place where we make our ladoos is super-hygienic, and the site in the video doesn’t seem clean.”


Sarvankar added that the incident appeared to him like a conspiracy to malign the temple trust’s name. “What other reason and motive could there be than to tarnish the name of this famous Hindu temple?” he said. “Do rats go on their own and place themselves in a plastic bag? And if they are in a bag, how did they enter the container? The bag was deliberately and strategically placed inside the blue tray.”