Alok Prakash 
In such free kitchens in India, 5 such kitchens where you can enjoy free food. It is not just free food but like prasad, if you ever go out to visit these places, then it would be better to eat more in the restaurant by paying more money that you can arrange your food in these places because the food made in these places has a Tastes different.
1. ISKON Temple, Hubli, Karnataka
Akshaya Patra is a non-profit organization of ISKCON Foundation. Its mega-kitchen is located in Hubli. It has an automated system for cooking food for at least 150,000 people in less than 5 hours.
Charity is its main source, providing mid-day meals for privileged children in rural schools. It is provided free food for lunch and dinner in the form of Prasad.
“The evening aarti and the atmosphere of the temple takes you into a different world.
2. Golden Temple of Amritsar
The Golden Temple of Amritsar is famous for many reasons and the langar (bhandara) that occurs here is one of those reasons. The people of the temple have a strong desire to meet the food needs of 100,000 people daily and help the community and society as a whole.
The temple serves 2 lakh rotis and 1.5 tonnes of dal (cinnamon soup) every day. In addition, 7,000 kg wheat flour, 1,200 kg rice, 1,300 kg lentils, and 500 kg ghee are used every day. Anyone can come here and get a full day’s meals on any given day.
3. Sri Sai Institute Prasadalaya, Shirdi
Spread over 7.5 acres of land, the Sai Baba Temple Trust is one of the largest Prasadalaya in Asia. There is a dining hall with a seating capacity of about 5,500 people, which can feed more than 100,000 devotees daily.
The Sri Sai Baba Sansthan Trust spends an average of 190 million rupees on providing food to the pilgrims going to Shirdi.
4. Dharmathala Manjunath Temple, Karnataka
The Dharmathala Manjunatha temple located in Udupi city is dedicated to Lord Shiva. The temple here serves the largest number of devotees visiting South India and has been run entirely by the same family for the last 21 generations.
The temple’s Annadanam kitchen prepares a minimum of 70 quintals of rice and 15 quintals of vegetables and also uses 2000 coconuts daily. Its spacious hall provides space for around 2500 people for meals at one time.
5. Jagannath Temple, Odisha
The kitchen of this temple is very big, it serves to feed around 25,000 people daily. The temple has also maintained its goal of distributing ‘Mahaprasad’ among 50,000 devotees, which is prepared by 600-700 cooks.
Food is prepared in clay pots. According to local myths, Goddess Lakshmi herself cooks in the kitchen of the temple and all others are her helpers. The temple is of great religious importance to devotees and many people like to dine here.
In addition to these, there are large number of gurudwaras across the India where you can enjoy free langar throughout the year. India is clearly a land of charity, devotion and of course free food.
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