Monday, 1 February 2016

Annapoorna Dining Hall and Mechanized Kitchen in Dharmasthala



Annapoorna Dining Hall in Dharmasthal is probably the
largest dining hall I have ever seen serving free lunch and dinner for about 20
thousand people in the morning and evening. The food is prepared in mechanized
kitchen. Dharmasthala is located on Western Ghat Mountains and is probably the
most popular and most commonly visited pilgrim center in Karnataka. The main
attraction of Dharmasthal is Manjunath temple. Apart from that there are other
attractions like Chandranatha Temple, Bahubali statue, Ratnagiri Bahubali
Vihara, Manjusha Museum, Annappa Betta, 
Netravati river, Ratnagiri Bahubali Vihar, Annapoorna Dining hall,
Mechanized kitchen and Sri Rama temple etc. which are shown in separate videos.

This video shows the huge dining hall of Dharmasthala which
serves 20 thousand lunch plates and 20 thousand dinner plates on everyday.
Because of the crowd, generally there are long queues to get into the dining
hall. You may have to stand for 1 to 2 hours in the queue in order to have your
turn to get into the dining hall. Food is free for everybody whosoever goes to
the dining hall. Free lunch in the temple is an attraction for every devotee
visiting Dharmasthala. The dining hall remains open from 11.30 to 4.30 during
the day time and from 6.30 to 9.30 during the evening.



The kitchen of Dharmasthala is fully mechanized. Rice is
prepared in huge rice cookers. Sambar is prepared in huge (1000 liters) cooking
drums. There is no fire and no smoke in the kitchen. Everything is prepared by
steam coming through pipes. Masala is grinded by many large grinders. I had
never seen such huge quantity of masala grinded at any other place. Large
quantities of vegetables are processed for sambar and curry for every day. The
people there are very nice. They allowed us to see and take pictures of the
kitchen. The kitchen is really a spectacular place. You can see various parts
of the kitchen in this video. 

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