In India the culture is that when people visit any temple, they first take darshan of the Deity, hear some talk regarding the importance of devotional service (Hari-katha) and receive the Deity’s mercy in the form of His maha-prasada. Thus distributing prasada to visiting pilgrims is an integral part of Deity worship and Vedic culture as it has been practiced from time immemorial in India.
Here in ISKCON Mayapur, we serve fresh, healthy, sumptuous prasada in small cups to pilgrims on a daily basis, twice a day: at 11 am and at 5 pm. On ekadasis, we provide ekadasi prasada (such as fruits and other non-grain prasada) as per standard Vedic culture. The pilgrims receive the prasada while chanting Hare Krsna, and as anyone can see, they become happy when they honor Krishna’s prasada.
Pilgrim Prasada Seva is very popular in Mayapur. More than 2000 pilgrims honor these small cups of Krishna prasada daily. During winter, it is commonly observed that there is long queue of hundreds of people waiting to receive and honor the prasada. The smile of satisfaction they have indicates their happiness in visiting Mayapur and relief from the fatigue of their travel. Thus they show their gratitude to Krsna and His devotees for this wonderful gift, receiving the inconceivable mercy of Sri Sri Radha Madhava, Panchatattva, Nrisimhadeva and Srila Prabhupada. Contributing towards feeding them prasada will factually help us receive Their mercy too!.
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