Jumba la kifahari la Taj Nadesar, Varanasi alipewa nafasi ya kumkaribisha Rais wa Ufaransa, Emmanuel Macron kwa chakula cha mchana cha jadi cha India leo mchana. Aliandamana naye alikuwa Waziri Mkuu Narendra Modi, Waziri Mkuu wa India pamoja na viongozi wengine kadhaa wa Serikali. Rais Macron, ambaye yuko India kama sehemu ya ziara ya siku nne alifurahishwa na saini "Saatvik Thali", ikimaanisha "chakula kutoka kwa mahekalu" aliyopewa. Uenezaji mzuri wa mboga, kitunguu bila vitunguu na vitunguu vilikuwa vimepangwa na Jumba la Taj Nadesar ili kuunda uzoefu wa ndani kwa mheshimiwa aliyemtembelea.
Chakula cha mchana kilikuwa kielelezo mwafaka cha tamaduni na vyakula vya mahali hapo, ikijumuisha maji nyororo ya nazi, jeera chaas, Palak Patta Chaat, Aloo Dum Banarasi, Benarasi Kadhi Pakora, na Baingan Kalounji pamoja na chaguzi nyingine kadhaa. Kitindamlo kama vile Gajar Ka Halwa na Kesariya Rasmalai walizidisha kila kitu bila shaka paan bora zaidi ya Benarasi.
Ilijengwa mnamo 1835 na James Prinsep kwa wakaazi wa wakati huo wa Uingereza, ikulu hiyo hatimaye ikawa makao ya familia ya kifalme ya Benaras na inaitwa baada ya goddess Nadesari, mke wa Shiva. Jumba la Taj Nadesar limekuwa sawa na mirahaba na viongozi maarufu tangu 1835 na limekuwa mwenyeji wa watu mashuhuri kama vile Prince na Princess wa Wales, ambaye baadaye alikua Mfalme George V na Malkia Mary, Malkia Elizabeth II, Mfalme Ibn Saud wa Saudi Arabia, Lord Mountbatten, Jawaharlal Nehru na Mtakatifu wake Dalai Lama.
NINI CHA KUONDOA KATIKA MAKALA HII:
- Taj Nadesar Palace has been synonymous with royalties and celebrated statesmen since 1835 and has played host to various legendary personalities such as Prince and Princess of Wales, who later became King George V and Queen Mary, Queen Elizabeth II , King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, Lord Mountbatten, Jawaharlal Nehru and His Holiness Dalai Lama.
- Built in 1835 by James Prinsep for the then British residents, the palace eventually became the abode of the Benaras royal family and is named after Goddess Nadesari, the consort of Shiva.
- President Macron, who is in India as part of a four day visit was delighted with the signature “Saatvik Thali”, meaning “food from the temples” served to him.
