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Importance of Annadana

Of all the charities, the charity of food is considered the supreme. It is mentioned in the Garga Samhita that one who distributes food in charity becomes free from the three kinds of debts and goes to the transcendental abode of Lord Vishnu. In the Varaha Purana, Srivaraha says, “One who gives food, gives all that is worth giving in this world”. Lord Krishna says in the Bhavishya Purana, “The world, both animate and inanimate, is sustained by food. The giver of food is the giver of life and indeed of everything else. Therefore one who is desirous of well-being in this world and beyond should make special endeavors to give food…” Prasadam has the spiritual potency to gradually elevate our materially polluted consciousness towards God consciousness. Therefore prasadam distribution is an integral part of devotional service. Srila Prabhupada, the founder-acharya of Hare Krsna Movement, mandated that prasadam (food sanctified by offering to the Supreme Lord) should be distributed from all Hare Krsna temples. Participate in the construction of a shrine for Sri Garuda by donating and receive the special blessings of the Lord. *Pay with Billplz to easy payment