Vishnu Shrine Food, Chandni Chowk, Delhi

hfot2 · Jun 10th, 2006, 10:27

At the east end of Chandni Chowk in Delhi, at the intersection with Netaji Subhash Marg, there is a small Vishnu (?) shrine. From a window in the shrine men pass out plates of food, cut fruit apparently, to people on the street. It is unclear to us whether money changes hands here.

What's happening?

rohan5577 · Jun 10th, 2006, 11:50

ummm am not sure...if money really changes hands...it may be simply an act of "giving"...have to see the place to be sure though.

many foodstalls sell cut fruits locally called "fruit chaat"

hfot2 · Jun 11th, 2006, 22:03

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Originally Posted by rohan5577

ummm am not sure...if money really changes hands...it may be simply an act of "giving"...have to see the place to be sure though.

many foodstalls sell cut fruits locally called "fruit chaat"

It is definitely not a fruit chaat stall - it really is a shrine covered with many religious images painted on the building. It had small square windows cut into the very small building from which the plates were handed out. It also had an door way the side through which we saw a shrine at which people left offerings of marigolds and the like.

I'm not sure I can do it, but if I can, would a thumbnail photo help?

Trika_yogi · Jun 12th, 2006, 08:11

Is it a Shrine or a Mandir? If it is a mandir it is probably prasad.(the left over initial offering to the diety)

Prasad is usually handed out after arati to the people whom attended the arati.

Lugubert · Jun 12th, 2006, 16:24

A small place, next to the Jain bird clinic? That should be the Shaivite Gauri Shankar Temple.

hfot2 · Jun 13th, 2006, 09:31

'jafid' gave us this reply on TheIndiaTree. This information answers most of our questions on the tiny temple we wondered about.

I hope you mean the small little temple next to the traffic signals facing the Red Fort ... quite an intriguing place this one There is small notice in Hindi next to the fruit dispensing window that reads "Please stand in a queue to obtain the fruit prasad, make a donation of Rs. 5 only". I have often wondered what goes on inside this little enclosure, they do seem to serve hundreds of people every day. Not sure when this temple came into existence. Perhaps it was a fruit stall that somehow got converted into a temple :unsure

Jun 10th, 2006, 10:27	#1
hfot2 MemberS Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Vermont Posts: 647	Vishnu Shrine Food, Chandni Chowk, Delhi At the east end of Chandni Chowk in Delhi, at the intersection with Netaji Subhash Marg, there is a small Vishnu (?) shrine. From a window in the shrine men pass out plates of food, cut fruit apparently, to people on the street. It is unclear to us whether money changes hands here. What's happening?

Jun 10th, 2006, 11:50	#2
rohan5577 Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Dubai--for now Posts: 267	ummm am not sure...if money really changes hands...it may be simply an act of "giving"...have to see the place to be sure though. many foodstalls sell cut fruits locally called "fruit chaat" __________________ You can take a man out of India, but you can never take India out of a man!

Jun 13th, 2006, 09:31	#6
hfot2 MemberS Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Vermont Posts: 647	'jafid' gave us this reply on TheIndiaTree. This information answers most of our questions on the tiny temple we wondered about. I hope you mean the small little temple next to the traffic signals facing the Red Fort ... quite an intriguing place this one There is small notice in Hindi next to the fruit dispensing window that reads "Please stand in a queue to obtain the fruit prasad, make a donation of Rs. 5 only". I have often wondered what goes on inside this little enclosure, they do seem to serve hundreds of people every day. Not sure when this temple came into existence. Perhaps it was a fruit stall that somehow got converted into a temple :unsure

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Trika_yogi Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Palm Coast, FL Posts: 102	Is it a Shrine or a Mandir? If it is a mandir it is probably prasad.(the left over initial offering to the diety) Prasad is usually handed out after arati to the people whom attended the arati.

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