Current Affairs - Miscellaneous - Discussion

Geographical Identity (GI) tag was given to the famous Panchamritham, an offering of the Palani Dandayuthaswamy temple, in Tamil Nadu. It became the first temple offering - Prashad - from Tamil Nadu to be conferred this honour. Panchamritam (Five Nectars) of Palani temple is prepared using 5 sweet substances including plantains, jaggery, grapes, forest honey and ghee. The quality of the offering is monitored by the Central Research Institute of Food Technology in Mysore, Karnataka. Earlier, the Tanjavoor Veenai, Madurai Malligai, Neelgiri Tea leaves and Turmeric from Erode from Tamil Nadu were given the GI tags.