Overview

• The Supreme Court declined to entertain the Yuga Thulasi Foundation’s request to mandate only indigenous cow milk for worship and bhog prasad at the Tirupati Venkateswara Temple.
• The bench described the distinction between local and other cow milk as a man-made classification lacking scriptural or legal backing.
• Justice M M Sundaresh asserted that true devotion lies in serving living beings rather than in symbolic purity requirements.
• The court granted the petitioner liberty to withdraw the plea and advised seeking relief in the appropriate High Court.
• The foundation had argued that Agamashastras and a Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams resolution required exclusive use of desi cow milk, a claim the bench found unsupported by any enforceable order.