Bhandara (community kitchen)

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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.^[1]

We can also define Bhandara in this way. Like we put some flour at some place and put more rice grains and then it will be useful for insects and birds etc., this is also a kind of bhandara.