Report on stall of “Temple foods of India’’
National “Eat Right Mela” from 14th to 16th December, 2018
at IGNCA near India Gate, New Delhi
The first National “Eat Right Mela” is being organized from 14th to 16th December, 2018 at IGNCA near India Gate, New Delhi. This Mela is being held along with the established and well-known ‘Street Food Festival’ organized by NASVI since the past 10 years. One of the attractions was the stall on “Temple Foods of India” under the pavilion “Flavours of India” which showcased cuisines of India’s most famous temples and the variety of different prasad offered to pilgrims. Following are 13 famous Temples from across India participated in the festival:
S. No. Name of temple
1 Arulmigu Meenakshi Sundareshwarar Temple, Madura i, Tamil Nadu 2 Dhandayuthapani Swamy Temple,Palani,Tamil Nadu
3 Ramanathaswamy Temple, Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu
4 Arunachaleshwarar Temple, Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu
5 ISKCON Temple, Delhi
6 Chittaranjan Park Kali Mandir, Delhi
7 Gurudwara, Delhi
9 Shree Kashtubhanjan Hanumanji Temple, Gujarat
10 Ambaji Temple, Gujarat
11 Swaminarayan temple BAPS, Maharashtra
12 Shirdi Sai Baba Temple, Maharashtra
13 Shrinathji Mandir Nathdwara, Rajasthan
Some of the temples are associated with FSSAI under BHOG (Blissful Hygienic Offering to God) which focuses on the hygienic preparation of prasad and training & capacity building of the Temple food ecosystem to ensure the same.
Day 1 at Eat Right Mela 14 dec to 16 dec, 2018
Four Temples from Tamil Nadu had brought different kind of Prasad. And these temples have already implemented FSMS in their temples.
ISKON, Delhi sold different types of laddoo to the visitors.
Kali Mandir CR park offered free meals in lunch time to all visitors for all three days. They explained about the ingredients they buy from registered/licensed suppliers only for the preparation of Prasad.
Gurudwara Bagla Sahib distributed kheer free of cost to all visitors .
Visitors loved buying different types of famous temple Prasad from one place
Nathdwara temple explained about 300 varieties of Prasad preparation and about their religious significance Shridi temple distributed their mahaprasad laddoo to all visiotors.
Somnath temple, Ambaji temple and Shree Kastabhanjandev Hanumanji,Salangpur , Gujarat also participated second time in such festival