Divine and Academic Feasts with devotion.

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The above two pictures are of traditional KeralaStyle feasts served in Plantain Leaves. The first one arranged for a divine purpose in the Aranmula Temple relating to a traditional festival going on for year after year since a very long time .There is a Divine purpose behind this feast.It is for pleasing the The great God ,Parthsarathy an avatar of Vishnu.the Temple is in existence since the 8th Century.The name of the God is attributed to the role of Krishna as the sarathy of Partha( Arjuna) in the Mahabharath epic.There are, in fact, the four most famous Vishu Temples at Guruvayur ,Trichambaram ,Thiruvarpu and Ambalpuzha. Similarly ,there are Five Temples dedicated to Yudhishtira,Bhima,Arjuna,Nakula andcSahadeva.The names of the Temples are respectively,Thrichittatt MahaVishnuTemple,Puliyoor Temple,Aranmula Temple,thiruvanvandur and Thrikkodithanam Thus it can be seen how important and Holy is the Temple at Aranmula which was built by Arjuna.So the feast for Aranmula Parthsarathy with 64 vegetarian dishes is justified in totality.

The feast is enjoyed by large number of devotees There are adequate arrangements for the treatment of Garbage waste even if it occurs as a result of the feast. Let us consider the feast arranged in the Christ college,Irinjalakkuda by the commerce Department of the college which had 151 items of dishes served in the plantain leaf.The size and condition of the Plantain leaf itself depict the vast nature of the feast.

The Feast was arranged by the commerce Department of the College. It is presumed that this feast was in connection with the THIRUVATHIRAKKALI of The" Thanima" group of 5000 people which was staged .In fact ,the programme found a place in the Guinness Book.Famous people ,cine artists and popular singers(Innocent and P.Jayachandran) VVIPs like Dr.K.Radhakrishnan(I.S.R.O),Shri.K.V.Ramanathan( Sahitya academiwinner)besideInnocent,Shri.P.Jayachandran were all thus part of the Guinness Book.. This has to be consideredvas a Tremendeous achievement for a small town Irinjalakkuda of the Thrissur District. The feast has to be considered as fully justified as in the case of Aranmula Parthasarathy Temple. So both the above events are fully justified to block the intention of a few people who might hold a temptation to bring the events from the point of view of Food Security and Garbage Waste management. Both the divine Temple at Aranmula and the sacred Institution at Irinjalakkuda are to be praised for arranging such events .Being so famous ,both should have adequate arrangements for treating the Garbage waste arising out of the largest feasts. The vast number of dishes on the plantain leaf is mouthwatering.Those who attended and relished the feast are blessed people with a lot of Appetite,willingness and adequate digesting power. Let this kind of Glorious feasts continue to make devotees and well wishers enjoy it for many more years to come. Sreedharan Mundanat 11th of September 2015