Joining the Centre's efforts to promote millets, the Kashi Vishwanath temple in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's parliamentary 🦩constituency Varanasi will now offer devotees 'prasad🉐' made from millets.
The 'laddu prasad' at the temple will now be known as 'Sri Anna prasad', a senior o꧂fficial said here on Sunday. Recently, Prime Minister Modi termed millets "Sri Anna", which means "the best among all the foodgrains&qu🍬ot;.
The decision to introduce 'Sri Anna prasad' was taken on the instructions of the Uttar Pradesh government, the official said. Women self-help groups associated with the National Rural Livelihood Mission prepare 'prasad' for the Kashi Vishwanath temple. Now, they will be engaged in the preparation of 'Sri Anna pr💯asadꦰam', said Chief Development Officer, Varanasi, Himanshu Nagpal.
The price of the 'prasad' remains unchanged. Special care has been taken to ensure its quality, he said. A self-help group presiden♎t Sunita Jaiswal said the 'Sri Anna prasad' is made from millets, jaggery, sesame seeds, cashew, almond, pure ghee and 'khoya'. Currently, pa♉ckets containing 100 and 200 grams of laddus are available for sale at the temple, she said.
