People throng Hasanamba temple on Friday
1,000 special darshan ticket queue was also full in the morning. 56.16 for two laddus. The prescribed selling price was Rs 60 for two laddus. However, the minister found that Iskcon was selling two laddus for Rs 100. He also directed that two laddus should be sold to ordinary devotees for Rs 60, while devotees purchasing Rs. 1,000 and Rs. 300 special darshan tickets should be provided laddus free of cost.
The minister said he has warned that laddus must be sold strictly at the tender-approved price. SP Shubhanwita inspected the security arrangements. District minister KM Shivalingegowda also visited the site and inspected the arrangements around the temple. The Rs. However, the rush reduced considerably in the afternoon, and queues started getting lesser. The responsibility for supplying laddu prasada had been entrusted to Bengaluru-based Iskcon after fixing the tender rate at Rs. He immediately contacted the organisation’s representatives on the phone and reprimanded them.