₹54-Crore Silk Shawl Scam Exposed at Tirupati Temple Trust

Brief By Newsbrief / 10:47 PM on 10 Dec 2025

After a fake ghee controversy, another scam has surfaced at Andhra Pradesh’s Tirupati Balaji temple. An internal probe by the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams found a contractor allegedly supplied 100 percent polyester shawls as pure silk for nearly a decade. From 2015 to 2025, bills were cleared, exposing a ₹54-crore fraud that has triggered widespread concern and calls for accountability.