Temple serves 6,000 free vegetarian meals daily


Food for all: Volunteers preparing ingredients for vegetarian meals at Tow Boo Keong Temple in Butterworth. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

BUTTERWORTH: As thousands thronged vegetarian outlets ­during the Nine Emperor Gods Festival, many still turned to ­temples for what they regarded as “proper” vegetarian meals.

At Tow Boo Keong Temple in Raja Uda, about 6,000 free ­vegetarian meals are now cooked daily by some 80 volunteers from dawn to night.

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