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CULTURE:
Food Fit for the Gods: Annakut and Chappan Bhog in SF Bay Area

The SF Bay Area witnessed a mammoth display of Indian food, Chappan Bhog by Dadi Pariwar USA in Sunnyvale and Annakut by Bay Area Vaishnav Pariwar in Milpitas. A Siliconeer photo essay.



(Above): The Chappan Bhog (56 items) thalis. [All Photos: Amar D. Gupta | Siliconeer]


(Above): Dadi Pariwar USA members prepare the Chappan Bhog thalis at Sunnyvale Temple. [All Photos: Amar D. Gupta | Siliconeer]


(Above): Devotees carry the thalis filled with food at the Sunnyvale Temple. [All Photos: Amar D. Gupta | Siliconeer]


(Above): Devotees sing bhajans at Sunnyvale Temple. [All Photos: Amar D. Gupta | Siliconeer]


(Above): Prasad from “Chappan Bhog thalis” with fifty-six different food items lined for distribution at the Sunnyvale Hindu Temple, Nov. 24. [All Photos: Amar D. Gupta | Siliconeer]


(Above): Annakut display at the Bay VP Temple in Milpitas, Nov. 10. [Photo: Rasesh Parikh]

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