SHOCKING! Water Melon BANNED in Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam
People thronging Tirumala shrine are raising eye-brows over officials banning the sale of watermelons, most desired fruit in summer, linking it with straying of leopards onto the abode of Lord Balaji.
Of late, watermelons have joined the list of banned goods – cigarettes, meat and liquor. The security personnel at Alipiri check-post at the foot of Tirumala Hills are thoroughly searching goods and allowing fruits to Tirumala only after ensuring that there are no watermelons among them. As a result, watermelons were taken off the shelves by fruit vendors.
Comparing their visit with that of the earlier visits, the devotees are awe-struck at the officials linking watermelons with straying of wild cats. Devotees prefer coconut water and eat watermelons to cool drinks during the summer with the Mercury registering around 45 degrees Celsius in the Rayalaseema region.
