LUCKNOW, INDIA, December 4, 2013 (Deccan Herald): Varanasi-based famous Kashi Vishwanath Temple management will distribute hundreds of thousands of liters of milk offered to Lord Shiva among patients and other needy people. A temple official said the offered milk will be distributed among women, patients at mental hospital and prisoners.
“Lakhs of litres of milk is offered to Lord Shiva during Shravana month, when people hold rudrabhisheka (a special puja during which milk is offered to the Shivalingam),” the official told Deccan Herald from Varanasi on Wednesday.
“Care will be taken to make sure that no impurities get mixed with the milk,” the official said. “It will be stored in hygienic conditions so that the needy people can get clean and pure milk,” he added.
The Kashi Vishwanath temple, which stands on the western bank of the Ganges, is the centre of faith for millions of Hindus, who throng it from across the world. The Jyotirlinga of Shiva, Vishweshwara or Vishwanatha, enshrined in the Kashi Vishwanath temple, is considered as one of the holiest temples in the country.