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Temple Food and Cuisines of India

Temple Food and Cuisines of India August 29, 2015 at 7:22pm Public Friends Friends except Acquaintances Only Me Custom Close Friends Agra, Uttar Pradesh Area See all lists... Jaypee Hotels HCL Technologies HCL Technologies Bangalore, India Area Oberoi Centre of Learning and Development Acquaintances Go Back Food is integral part of Indian temple and religious experience. In Indian temples, meal is served not only during festivals and holidays but temple and its visitor regular offers food to anyone, especially as a community service to poor. The food given this way is often known as Prasad, which means blessed edible gift. my first topic on the Temple food is the famous prasads from  Lord Balaji's  home  Tirupati  - he is widely revered as the richest Hindu Gods with a last known combined wealth of a well run american conglomerate or even Warren Buffet himself. Lord Balaji  is known for the popular practice of cutting hair – tonsuring – and offering them a
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