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Shyam Rasoi: Ghaziabad offers unlimited pure sattvic meal for just 1 rupee, menu will delight you.
- •Shyam Rasoi in Ghaziabad offers an unlimited pure vegetarian thali for just one rupee, including matar paneer, soya chaap, rajma-chawal, poori-sabzi, dal makhani-roti sabzi, and sweets.
- •Run by Pandit Gopal Pujari of Shri Ram Janaki Temple, this kitchen has been operating since the Corona period, feeding 300-400 people daily.
- •Food is served in the Sanatan tradition under a peepal tree in a park near GT Road Metro Pillar Number 268 (Shyam Park-Mohan Nagar).
- •Pandit Gopal Pujari explains that providing food for 1 rupee ensures people maintain their self-respect and don't feel like they are receiving alms.
- •In addition to Shyam Rasoi, Pandit Gopal Pujari has also started Shri Shyam Rasoi Dispensary, offering treatment for 1 rupee.
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Shyam Rasoi operates from Shri Ram Janaki Temple in the Lajpat Nagar area of Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, with food distributed in a park near GT Road Metro Pillar Number 268. For just one rupee, it offers an unlimited pure vegetarian thali featuring items like matar paneer, soya chaap, rajma-chawal, poori-sabzi, dal makhani-roti sabzi, and sweets.
The kitchen is run by Pandit Gopal Pujari, a former government school music teacher who took VRS in 2019 and started Shyam Rasoi using his savings during the COVID-19 pandemic. The one-rupee price is an ideological choice to ensure that needy people do not feel they are receiving alms, allowing them to maintain their self-respect by purchasing food with their own money.
Shyam Rasoi distributes food daily from 12 PM to 1 PM, serving around 300 to 400 people at a daily expense of about 15,000 rupees. The kitchen relies on food and item donations collected in a temple box by donors, while cash donations are used strictly for purchasing cylinders and vegetables.
