Old video of laddu preparation of Patna Mahavir Mandir goes viral linking to Ram temple in Ayodhya

The video shows the bulk preparation of laddu at the Mahavir Mandir in Patna. Laddu is the special prasad served here. 

The Ram Temple in Ayodhya is set to be inaugurated on 22 January, 2024. The construction activities at the temple are in full swing to make it ready before the inauguration. In this context, many videos and pictures are going viral on social media. A video showing the bulk preparation of laddu in a factory and workers chanting Jai Shri ram is circulating widely, with a claim that I lakh kg of laddu are being made as prasada for Ram Temple in Patna.

The caption states, “1 lakh kg special laddu is being prepared in Patna for Ayodhya Dham”.

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We started our investigation by running a Google reverse image search, whose result led us to a similar video posted on 4 March 2023 with the caption Bulk Making Of  Naivedhyam Laddu At Mahaveer Mandir Patna.

Keeping this in mind, we made further search and found the same video posted on Facebook on Nov 2023 with the caption, “1Lakh KG Naivedyam Laddu Making in Patna”.

The video shows the bulk preparation of laddu at the Mahavir Mandir in Patna. Laddu is the special prasad served here.

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The prasada laddus of Mahavir temple of Patna

Mahavir Mandir is a Hindu temple dedicated to the god Hanuman, located in Patna, Bihar. The prasada laddus of Mahavir temple of Patna are famous all over the country. The making of this laddu as prasad was started in the temple in 1993.  The special thing is that usually one lakh to 1.25 lakh kilos of this laddu is sold in a month and in festivals like Ram Navami, its sale is up to twenty five thousand kilos in a day. It was inspired by Tirupati laddu and almost all who make Naivedyam laddu in Patna are from South Indian states. They work in their traditional clothes in all seasons and are skilled in their work at Mega Kitchen of Naivedyam laddus. Everything is done using big machines except the making of the cardboard boxes. Due to its taste and hygiene maintained at the kitchen, the prasada was given the FSSAI BHOG certificate. The artisans make Naivedyam with complete purity.  For this, a factory has been prepared in Buddha Marg of the capital. Here 64 artisans work in different batches every day. Sheshadri, the head of the artisans of Tirupati who make Naivedyam, says that all the artisans gather at 2 o’clock in the night before making the Prasad. After bathing, everyone performs puja and wears cleaned clothes and then makes Prasad. The artisans are busy working from 2 o’clock in the night to 2 o’clock in the afternoon. There is a capacity to make about 10000 kg Naivedyam in a day.

Meanwhile, we looked for any news related to Laddu for the Ayodhya Ram Temple’s inauguration and discovered a report from the Times of India dated January 6th. As per the report, “Devotees participating in the consecration of the Sri Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22 will be treated with Tirupati laddu, the famous prasadam offered to Lord Venkateswara in Tirumala. The Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, which manages Sri Venkateswara temple, has decided to distribute about one lakh laddus to devotees in Ayodhya. The temple body is making arrangements to transport the prasadam to Ayodhya by road.

Earlier for Ram Temple foundation laying ceremony in August 2020, Patna’s Mahavir trust distributed 1 lakh laddoos. 

But this time devotees participating in the consecration of the Sri Ram temple in Ayodhya on January 22 will be treated with Tirupati laddu from Lord Venkateswara in Tirumala, Andhra Pradesh.

Conclusion

Fact Crescendo found that the claim made along with the viral video to be Misleading. The video shows the bulk preparation of laddu at the Mahavir Mandir in Patna. Laddu is the special prasad served here.