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This is an archive article published on July 18, 2008
Temple prasadam goes high-tech
The delicious handmade "panchamirtham", the prasadam made out of five fruits and pure sugar and sugar candy, in famous Lord Muruga temple at Palani hill shrine in Tamil Nadu might give way to the mechanised fruit mix.
The delicious handmade 8220;panchamirtham8221;, the prasadam made out of five fruits and pure sugar and sugar candy, in the famous Lord Muruga temple at Palani hill shrine in Tamil Nadu might give way to the mechanised fruit mix as the temple administration plans to set up a high-tech automated plant to make it.
8216;Panchamirtham8217; of the Dhandayuthapani Swamy temple as famous like the 8220;laddu8221; of Lord Venkateshwaraswami temple of Tirupati and regarded as the oldest form jam.
Temple authorities told pti that their main objective to introduce the automated plants was to produce the prasadam in an hygienic condition.
Established at the cost of Rs 1.5 crore, the machine would not only help make the process of the prasadam easier but also it would increase the production as the demand was increasing day by day.
The temple authorities claimed that the taste of the prasadam produced by the machine would not vary time to time as it was there during the manual process.
As many as 13 workers would be operating the machine. The panchamirtham ensures a long shelf life and keeps it suitable for conumption even without refrigeration.
8220;If the seal of the prasadam pack is opened, it can be suitable for consumption within a week. If it is not opened it it is fit for consumption within a month8221;, they added.
Trial production had already started, the officials said.
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