journey upwards.
Mahaprasad are sold in Anand Bazar or the Happiness Mart of the temple which is situated on the north east corner of the outer enclosure of the temple. It is the biggest open-air hotel in the world where every day thousands of devotees purchase and eat together.
Most of the residents in and around Puri depend upon this Mahaprasad to entertain their guests during social functions such as thread ceremony and weddings. In all auspicious occasions in Odia Hindu families, Mahaprasad is partaken first.
The tourists prefer to carry a particular type of dry Mahaprasad known as “Khaja” (made of maida, sugar and ghee) which stays fresh for days together.
Mahaprasad is ceased to be offered from the first day of the Ratha Yatra till the day the deities return to their bejeweled throne.[1]
Dried rice Mahaprasad known as “Nirmalya” is also used by devotees and tourists for different sacred
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