India, May 24 -- The great-grandson of the royal cook, who invented the famous Indian sweet Mysore Pak, has strongly objected to recent efforts to rename the delicacy, reported News18.

A descendant of Kakasura Madappa, who first made the sweet in the Mysore palace kitchen, S Nataraj said, as quoted by News18, "Call it Mysore Pak-there can be no other name," .

"Just like every monument or tradition has its rightful name, Mysore Pak does too. It shouldn't be altered or misrepresented," his great-grandson said.

'Pak' comes from the Kannada word Paaka, which means sugar syrup and since the sweet was made in Mysore, it became 'Mysore Pak,' thus, there is no "reason to call it anything else", the kin of the royal cook explained.

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