No photo matches the experience you get when you visit the schools and kitchens of Akshaya Patra. However, the hectic life, distance and many such reasons do not present most of us with opportunities for same. Therefore, we have these exclusive images made available for you! The gallery has images that give you a glimpse of various aspects of the organisation.

67th Kitchen Inauguration in Barsana, Uttar Pradesh

Akshaya Patra launched its 67th kitchen in Barsana, Uttar Pradesh, made possible due to the generous contribution of Shri Gagan Hasteer.

Hon’ble PM Inaugurates Akshaya Patra’s 62nd kitchen in Varanasi

Akshaya Patra’s 62nd kitchen was inaugurated by Honourable Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi in Varanasi on 7 July 2022.

The Mid-Day Meal Programme resumes in Vrindavan

Schools in Vrindavan have partially reopened and Akshaya Patra has resumed operations to ensure every child coming to school is served a freshly cooked mid-day meal.

Resumption of the Mid-Day Meal Programme in Gorakhpur

Schools have partially reopened in Gorakhpur and Akshaya Patra has begun serving nutritious mid-day meals to school children in the region

Mid-day meal service resumes in Lucknow

Schools have reopened and Akshaya Patra has begun serving nutritious mid-day meals to school children in Lucknow.

Akshaya Patra Distributes Happiness Kits to School Children in Mathura

Akshaya Patra is now delivering Happiness Kits to school children in Mathura

Akshaya Patra's COVID-19 Relief Service in Uttar Pradesh

Thanks to the support of the Central Government, Government of Uttar Pradesh, valued donors, brave volunteers, dedicated staff and kind well-wishers, Akshaya Patra continues to serve freshly cooked and distribute packed grocery kits to needful people.

Hon’ble President of India visits Akshaya Patra’s Vrindavan kitchen

On November 28, 2019, Akshaya Patra welcomed Hon’ble President of India, Shri. Ram Nath Kovind, his wife, Smt. Savita Kovind, and Shri. Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister – Uttar Pradesh, to the kitchen facility in Vrindavan

3 Billionth Meal Served by Shri Narendra Modi

Honourable Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, served the 3 Billionth Meal to a child at the commemoration in Vrindavan on Feb 11, 2019. Akshaya Patra is the world’s first NGO-run school meal programme to achieve the milestone of serving 3 Billion cumulative meals. It is a major milestone in the Foundation’s pursuit of the mission to serve meals to 5 million children every school day by 2025. With the support of the Government, donors, and all the other stakeholders, the organisation is poised to realise its vision ‘no child in India shall be deprived of education because of hunger.

Commemorating 3 Billion Meals at Vrindavan

We would like to thank the Government of India, various State Governments, volunteers, employees, supporters and donors; together we have achieved this, and together we will achieve more. A special message of thanks to Shri Narendra Modi, Hon’ble Prime Minister of India and Shri Yogi Adityanath, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, for gracing this wondrous milestone with their presence. The event was presided by Shri Madhu Pandit Dasa, Chairman of Akshaya Patra; Shri Chanchalapathi Dasa, Vice Chairman of Akshaya Patra and Shri Mohandas Pai, Independent Trustee of the Foundation.

Mayor of Mathura-Vrindavan, visits the Akshaya Patra's kitchen

To know the functions of the kitchen, Sri Mukesh Arya Bandhu, Mayor of Nagar Nigam, Mathura-Vrindavan, visits the Akshaya Patra's kitchen at Vrindavan.

Supporting the Gorakhpur flood survivors

The Akshaya Patra Foundation has been supporting relief efforts in flood-hit Gorakhpur city and its neighbouring towns and villages. Kitchen on Wheels, a customised vehicle designed by Akshaya Patra to support flood relief efforts, is stationed at Gorakhpur. With the help of the mobile kitchen, the staff is tirelessly cooking food for the survivours.