Sunday feast

After the programme comes a large vegetarian feast: prasadam, sanctified food, for everyone present. It is free, for a voluntary donation, and no booking is needed.

Dishes are provided by the temple; the food is served by a designated person who observes the rules of cleanliness. Afterwards you wash up yourself — in the place set aside for it, with sinks, not in the kitchen.

It is also the best time simply to talk: over a plate it is easy to meet the community and ask the questions the lecture did not reach. Asking for seconds is nothing to be shy about — leaving hungry is the only real failure here.