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The present paper will be focusing exclusively on the importance of the temple food. However, the aim is to present a systematic literature review on "the importance of the temple food" as exhibited in the Bhagwad Gita, Buddhist and Jainbooks. The study will focus on certain books from Buddhism and Jainsim. One may note that there will be thorough research conducted from the databases like Google Scholar, Web of Science, Microsoft Research, etc. There will be two set of reviews presented in the paper. One one side, there will be detailed discussion on the primary set of reviews covering domain, theoretical, framework, definitional, conceptual reviews, etc. The second set of the reviews will be dedicated to the observations made from reviews like narrative, historical, argumentative reviews, etc. The main research questions are: What was the main reason for the introduction of free food in temples of Hindu, Buddhist and Jains? What is the relevance of it? How is the food preparation and distribution maintained in these temples? How is te food distribution managed in the identified temples? What are the ethical values described and prescribed in the holy books of Bhagwad Gita, Buddhism and Jainism? What is its relationship with the action-oriented leadership in both individuals and their leaders in one's immediate community? What are its repurcussions also? The research methodology is through secondary research and major interdisciplinary databases will be searched to identify the prior literature on the selected topic. Apart from this, one will also note that there will a list of variables identified from the prior literature. Morever, the gaps will be identified and discussed as per the past papers. In the conclusion, one may end that the temple has been and will be playing a very important role in the community of India. There are implications of this study from the theoretical, conceptual and managerial perspectives also. In this manner, one may see the points for the future scope of the study also. However, there are few limitations also pointed out in the study and this presents a way out for the importance of the research for the future times.

temple food, bhagwadgita, buddhism, jainism, literature