Prabhupada, London, September 23, 1969 — Jagannatha temple is a very big establishment. In the temple fifty-six times daily, bhoga is offered. And you’ll find in the temple always at least five hundred to one thousand people gathered.
And they come from outside, and prasada is ready. If you go and ask in the Jagannatha temple that “We are one hundred men come from outside. We want prasada,” yes, immediately ready. So it is a huge temple. This is one temple, but there are many other thousands of temple in India where prasada is distributed.
Now it is minimized by our present government. They think that it is unnecessary expenditure. They are minimizing. But not unnecessary expenditure. They do not understand. Formerly, in India there was no necessity of hotel. Anyone goes anywhere, even in a village, he goes to a temple-prasada is ready.
There is no need of going to a hotel. You pay or don’t pay. If you say that “I want little prasada,” “Yes, take it.” That is the system still. There is the Nathadvara temple in Rajasthan. You pay two annas only.
Two annas means one cent. You get sumptuous prasada for two annas, all very nice prasada, still. So prasada distribution in temple is longstanding usage.
His Divine Grace Srila Sac-cid-ananda Bhaktivinoda Thakura’s
Appearance Day, Lecture
by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
London, September 23, 1969
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