On his recent visit to his parliamentary constituency, Varanasi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled a number of projects including a state-of-the-art kitchen facility named as Shri Kashi Vishwanath Anna Kshetra. The pilgrims visiting the Kashi Vishwanath temple can now have a wholesome meal in the form of Prashad at the newly inaugurated temple kitchen.
Spread across 50,000 sq.ft area, the Anna Kshetra has been created over five floors. The state-of-the-art facility will be serving both north Indian and south Indian food every day for all the devotees who are coming to Kashi Vishwanath temple. The kitchen has been constructed at a cost of INR 13 crore and has capacity to serve about 5,000 pilgrims per day.
With its inauguration, Kashi Vishwanath Anna Kshetra has now joined the list of mega-kitchens in India which includes Golden Temple, Shirdi Sai Trust, Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam, Akshay Patra, etc. As per reports, Anna Kshetra’s modular kitchen will be steam-based and mostly rice-based or wheat-based dishes will be made for the devotees. Besides, “the capacity of the kitchen will be further increased once the number goes up,” informed a temple official.
