Prasadam- nation’s first healthy and hygienic food street

• The country’s first Healthy and Hygienic Food Street ‘Prasadam’ was inaugurated in Neelkanth Van, Mahakal Lok, in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh.
• This street will provide pure and clean food to the devotees.
• The newly launched food street is designed to provide various facilities including a kids’ play area, drinking water facility, CCTV surveillance, parking, public conveniences and seating spaces.
• Spread over an area of 939 square metres with a total number of 17 shops, ‘Prasadam’ offers convenient and culturally rich dining options for the 1-1.5 lakh devotees who visit the Mahakaleshwar Temple.

ABOUT MAHAKALESHWAR TEMPLE

• Mahakaleshwar(‘Lord of time’), refers to Lord Shiva.
• As per Hindu mythology, the temple was constructed by Lord Brahma and is presently located alongside the holy river Shipra.
• The shrine is revered as one the 18 Maha Shaktia Peeth in India.
• Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga in Ujjain is one of the 12 jyotirlingas considered the most sacred abodes of Shiva.
• It is the only jyotirlinga facing the south, while all the others face east.
  • This is because the direction of death is believed to be the south.
• The temple in its present form was built by the Maratha general Ranoji Shinde in 1734 CE.