Mega kitchens at Mela: 40,000 rotis in an hour, 40 quintals of curry at one go

More than 500 bhandaras (community meals) are running at various sites in the Mahakumbh area where lakhs of devotees are getting prasad (meals) every day.

- K Sandeep Kumar

MAHAKUMBH NAGAR: Large scale arrangements have been made in the Annakshetras (feeding areas) to provide food and prasad to such a large number of devotees.

The biggest kitchen in the fair area is of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) located in its camp in Sector 19 where 40,000 rotis are being made every hour on three automatic machines.

Assistant in-charge of the kitchen Radhakund Das said that here, along with machines for kneading dough, cutting vegetables, etc., more than 100 volunteers are busy preparing Mahaprasad each day.

ISKCON also has a mega kitchen near Prayagraj Junction. With the help of industrialist Gautam Adani, food is being served to 1.5 lakh devotees every day from both these kitchens.

In this kitchen in the mela area, a mini rail track has been laid to carry large utensils of rice, pulses, vegetables, etc., from one place to another.