For a handful of parchedrice Bhakta-Sudhama was blessed with all the riches in the world by Shri Krishna. Shibhi-chakravarthi gave the flesh of his thigh as Anna to the Eagle to save the life of a pigeon. The story of Rantideva donating his entire food and water after 45 days of fasting and getting the blessings of Trinity is very famous. Devi Parvati is in the form of Annapoorna in Kashi giving food to Lord Vishwanatha and everyone in the world. Anna-daanam is a great act of Charity which is practised by generations.