The Temple Kitchen
The Temple Kitchen
The oM kitchen was situated at the rear south of Satyanarayan Temple, 011 account of shortage of space, the present kitchen was bqilt during the reign of Di vyasingha Dev (1682-1711 AD). The roofed kitche~ lane leadini to the Natamandir was constructe4 between 1720-25 AD. There is,! subsidiary kitchen, Merda Rosa behind the Satyanarayan Temple. Special kitchens of Lakshmi and Surya also exist. Fifty-six varieties of food/delicacies are prepared helt daily which can feed as many as 25,000 people and it has the capacity for one lakh people at a to coohe holy food is cooked in time.
sels and the fuel used is then vely Nearly 600 Suaras don ‘ woo cooks) and 400 associates cremp e.g ed daily for cookmg. Ananda Bazar A umque the temple premises where place foods offered to the deities sacre (Mahaprasad) are s?ld to all and sundry. It is considered as the biggest food market in the world.
