Bhandara (community kitchen)

Bhandara service in Hindu Dharma, is the special free of cost meal, served to the devotees present in the Temple.

Food is wholeheartedly cooked and served also to the needy devotees waiting in short distance to the Temple.

Bhandara, a festive occasion as a part of thanksgiving the lord and service to people in Hinduism.

In Hinduism, after performing the holy rituals and community worshipping the almighty, the Yajamana serves food to the poor and the needy.

[2] The Indian government has introduced a scheme known as ‘'Seva Bhoj Yojna’' to reimburse the government share of the Central Goods and Services Tax and the Integrated Goods and Service Tax for purchases by religious institutions of certain products for providing free meals.