Onam sadya: Food unites devotees

INDORE: Devotees from different communities gathered at the Lord Ayyappa temple at

Mahalakshmi Nagar

on Sunday to relish feast of Onam sadya. The feast consisting of 23 traditional Malayalee dishes was prepared by the society members of

Lord Ayappa Charitable Trust

.

"We started preparing the food items from 5pm on Saturday evening and the preparations continued till Sunday morning. While most of the cooking was done by members of the trust, many non-members also helped in serving food during the feast,"

Sajan Panicker

, president of the trust said.

Some members of the community also played the chanda melam, a drum shaped percussion instrument of Kerala, which added to the festive fervour at the temple. "We played the chenda melam for four hours at the temple that not only made the atmosphere more festive but also worked our appetite for the delicious food,"

Alex

, one of the devotees said.

Around 1,400 people enjoyed the traditional feast.