The Ashtami-Rohini Vallasadya, a ritualistic mass feast, will be held on the Sree Parthasarathy temple premises on Tuesday.
The Palliyoda Seva Sanghom and the Travancore Devaswom Board have made elaborate arrangements for the smooth conduct of the mass feast to be held after the mid-day rituals, Uchapuja, at the temple on Tuesday.
PSS leaders K.G. Sasidharan Pillai and P.R. Radhakrishnan told The Hindu that they had made arrangements to serve a sumptuous feast to not less than 50,000 people.
Nair Service Society president P.N. Narendranathan Nair will formally inaugurate the feast by serving rice and other dishes on a plantation leaf kept at the Aanakkottil after the Utchapuja.
Travancore Devaswom Board president Prayar Gopalakrishnan and District Collector R. Girija will be the guests of honour.
Preparation of dishes
Meanwhile, the preparation of various dishes for the Vallasadya began at the temple kitchen on Sunday forenoon.
According to the organisers, 3,500 kg rice will be cooked for serving the Vallasadya and as many as 64 food items will be served at the feast.
As many as 300 workers led by Pazhayidom Mohanan Namboodiri are engaged in preparing the feast.
Crew of all 52 snakeboats in and around Aranmula will take part in the annual event, besides the scores of devotees coming from different parts of the State.
