Golden Temples langar: Worlds largest free eatery Kitchen that feeds 100,000 daily. Free kitchen in India run at the Sikhs holiest shrine produces 200,000 flat breadsand 1.5 tonnes of lentil soup daily. Two hundred thousand rotis (Indian flat bread), 1.5 tonnes of dal (lentil soup) and free food served to 100,000 people everyday are what makes the free kitchen run at the Golden Temple in the western Indian city of Amritsar stand apart.By all measures, the kitchen (called langar in Punjabi ) is one of the largest free kitchens to be run anywhere in the world.The concept of langars was initiated centuries ago by Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikh religion. At the Langar, no one goes hungry - and everybody gets a hot meal regardless of caste, creed and religion.All Sikh Gurudwaras (places of worship) have langars, but the one at Golden Temple - Sikhs holiest shrine - has little parallel.“Anyone can eat for free here and on an average we serve food to 100,000 people. On weekends and special occasions doublethe numbers of people visit the langar. The langar never stops and on an average 7,000 kg of wheat flour, 1,200 kg of rice, 1,300 kg of lentils, 500 kg of ghee (clarified butter) is used in preparing the meal every day,” “The free kitchen uses firewood, LPG gas and electronic bread makers for the cooking and we use around 100 LPG cylinders and 5,000 kilograms of firewood every day. The kitchen is run by 450 staff, helped by hundreds of other volunteers. The yearly budget of the langar runs into hundreds of millions. Forward to all ur friends... Aapka Sevak Billaji Rushabh Diagnostic Center
Posted on: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 05:53:23 +0000
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