While admirable, food provided by temples is not akin to Indira canteen. The ground reality is that a person of a different caste or religion would not be able

While admirable, food provided by temples is not akin to Indira canteen. The ground reality is that a person of a different caste or religion would not be able (or not feel comfortable) to avail services, where at a low-cost canteen, he or she is able to partake quality food at the canteens. There is a lot of value that these canteens provide over haphazard temple based food charity.