Unique food offerings are made at the Badrinath Temple orShri Badrinath Dham in Uttarakhand. The popular belief is that Goddess Lakshmicooks the food (bhog or naivedya) for Badrinath or Bhagavan Vishnu at thetemple kitchen. The first main food offering to the deity is at morning around6:30 AM. The food offered is mewa.
Next offering is at 7:30 AM and this is kheer bhog.
The main food offering of the day is at 12:00 PM. KesariaBhog – yellowed-hued rice with kesar (saffron) and dal – arhar and moong dalwith a little chana dal, cooked together are the main offering. Plain rice isoffered along with the offering.
The final food offering is doodh baath (mik rice) and thisis at 9:30 PM.
Devotees visiting the temple offer mishri or rock sugar, drydates and fruits and dry leaves.
The temple doors are never closed during the food offeringsin the temple.
