Varanasi, 14 March. Due to the ongoing conflict in West Asia, the impact of the oil and gas crisis is beginning to be seen on schools and hospitals as well as monasteries and temples. In this sequence, the free kitchen run for the devotees in Kashi Annapurna Annakshetra Trust adjacent to Srikashi Vishwanath Dham in the religious city of Varanasi has also been closed.
Devotees will get Prasad as soon as alternative arrangements are made. : Mahant Shankar Puri
Actually, food is prepared daily for a large number of devotees and the needy in Maa Annapurna Temple, but due to shortage of gas cylinders, there is difficulty in running the kitchen. Even food distribution has been stopped in one branch of the temple and thousands of devotees are returning disappointed. Mahant Shankar Puri of Annapurna Temple said on Saturday that alternative arrangements are being looked into and soon the devotees will get the prasad.
25 From 30,000 People are provided free food every day
Mahant Shankar Puri said that Annapurna Temple runs Anna Kshetra at two different places, in which 25 to 30,000 people are provided free food every day. These units run continuously from morning to evening. One of the two units has been closed today and the other unit will also be closed soon due to shortage of cylinders.
He said, ‘Earlier we were getting one or two cylinders, but for the last three days we have not received even a single cylinder, due to which we have had to close one unit and the other is also on the verge of closure. This place is very important for the devotees who come here along with the poor and needy. Mother Annapurna gives food in Kashi and her own kitchen is closed due to shortage of gas in Kashi.
Late Mahant Tribhuvan Puri 1997 Puri-Sabzi was started from the temple courtyard in
It is noteworthy that the former Mahant of Annapurna Temple, late Tribhuvan Puri, had started Puri-Sabzi in the temple premises in 1997. In the year 2003, arrangements were made to serve food and prasad in the building built in Kalika Gali. In view of the increasing number of devotees, the then Mahant Rameshwar Puri had started the second branch in the year 2014 in the street located at Bansfatak.
Devotees from all over the country send checks or DDs in the name of Kashi Annapurna Annakshetra in donations.
There are arrangements for donations online and offline. Devotees from all over the country send checks or DDs in the name of Kashi Annapurna Annakshetra. Last few months ago, the Ambani family had donated a check of Rs 1 crore. All donations are taken under 80 G. There are many big donors from South India who donate here, whose donations come at a fixed time every year.
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