A Board member of Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, which administers the famous hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara here, today urged the management to send a proposal to the Union government for release of a postal stamp on the much sought after famous 'Tirupati Laddu'.
G Bhanu Prakash Reddy, also the official spokesman for the state BJP, told PTI that he has handed over a letter on the Laddu stamp concept to Dr D Sambasiva Rao, TTD Executive Officer.
He had requested Rao to send a proposal to the communication ministry, he said adding that on October 11 2002, the then Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Communications & Information Technology, Pramod Mahajan had released a Rs 15 commemorative postage stamp on 'Ananda Nilayam Vimanam (sacred Golden Dome over the sanctum) of the hill shrine at a function at Tirumala.
The function was attended by N Chandrababu Naidu, who was also Chief Minister then, he said.
Expressing confidence that the stamp on Tirupati Laddu would be released in the next two or three months, Reddy said he would meet union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu at the earliest over the matter.
Rao told PTI that TTD has not yet taken any decision on the issue and the letter submitted by Reddy is being examined.
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