Prasada

Religious food offered in Hinduism and Sikhism temples Naivedya offered to Radha Krishna in Sri Maya Chandrodaya Mandir in Mayapur, India Prasāda (Sanskrit pronunciation: [pɽɐsaːdɐ], Sanskrit: प्रसाद), prasad or prasadam is a religious offering in Hinduism. Most often prasada is vegetarian food especially cooked for devotees after praise and thanksgiving to a god. Mahaprasada (also called bhandarā), is the consecrated food offered to the deity in a Hindu temple which is then distributed and partaken by all the devotees regardless of any orientation. View of Prasad for Satyanarayana Puja by Maithils at Basuki Bihari village in the Mithila region. Prasada is closely linked to the term naivedya, also spelt naivedhya, naibedya or naived(h)yam. The food offered to the deity is called naivedya, while the sacred food sanctified and returned by the deity as a blessing is called prasada.[citation needed] In Sikhism, the tradition takes the form of Karah Parshad. Etymology Prasāda is derived from the verb prasād which consists of the verb सद् (sad - to sit, dwell) which is prefixed with प्र (pra - before, afore, in front) and used as finite verb प्रस�