TIRUPATI: Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), the world's richest Hindu temple body, is in the process of getting the World Health Organisation (WHO) recognition for Tirumala as a 'No Tobacco zone.'
As per State Charitable and Hindu Religious Institutions and Endowments Act, consumption of liquor and non-vegetarian food as well as smoking of cigarettes and consumption of tobacco in any form is strictly prohibited in and around the temple. This rule is being implemented by the TTD in totality for several decades now.
