Chitradurga: Senior artiste Nadoja Belagallu Veeranna dies in car-truck collision
Chitradurga: Senior theatre artiste Nadoja Belagallu Veeranna died on Sunday, following a collision between his car and a truck near Hirehalli of Challakere taluk.
His son Hanumantha was injured in the accident and is being treated at a hospital.
Veeranna was traveling to Bengaluru with his son on Sunday morning, when the accident occurred.
A grievously injured Veeranna was rushed to the hospital in Challakere but is learned to have died on the way.
A native of Ballari, the artiste was known for his expertise in puppetry. Veeranna was honoured with the Nadoja award of the Hampi University, the Karnataka Rajyotsava Award and the Janapada Academy award, among others.
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Tirupati laddu row: Samples of Ayodhya Ram temple 'prasad' sent for testing
Ayodhya, Sep 27: The Food Safety and Drug Administration Department on Friday collected samples of 'elaichi daana' or cardamom seeds being distributed as 'prasad' at the Ram Janmabhoomi temple here and sent them for testing, officials said.
The action was taken following a complaint lodged through the Integrated Grievance Redressal System (IGRS), Assistant Food Commissioner Manik Chand Singh said.
Singh said the samples were procured from Haiderganj, where the cardamom seed offerings are prepared and sent to the Jhansi State Laboratory for comprehensive testing and evaluation.
Prakash Gupta, the officer in charge of the Ram Temple trust, revealed that on average, around 80,000 packets of cardamom seeds are distributed daily as a sacred offering.
Amid a row over the alleged presence of animal fat in laddus at the Tirupati Temple in Andhra Pradesh, the chief priest of the Ram temple here on Thursday questioned the purity of ghee being sold nationwide and said 'prasad' should be prepared under the supervision of temple priests only.
