Unravelling belief amp culture in godsrsquo food

Jaipur | Thursday | 28th March, 2019

Summary:

Their journey begun in Spiti valley, where they spent a week with monks, learnt about Gelug Buddhism, and spent time with “momo making aunties”. JAIPUR: The title ‘Bhagwaan ke Pakwaan’ itself is bound to arouse some curiosity even for those who are not foodies. Then they went to Jagannath temple in Odisha, where the centre of attraction was its Chhappan Bhog, which is considered so auspicious by some that after it has been offered to lord Jagannath, it can then be served to other gods and godesses as well. The next place they went to was Udvara in Gujarat , where they got to experience closely the Parsi town and their Zorastrian faith.Their next destination was Kolkata, which they described as “a maze of identities”. But the journey its authors - Devang Singh and Varud Gupta - undertook to write the book was a revelation both for the book lovers and food enthusiasts who had gathered to listen to them here.Devang and Varud also used snippets of videos of Meghalaya and Spiti valley to narrate how they were treated at various places..