It takes an incredible effort to cook for 16,000. Parasuram prabhu and a stellar crew have been doing this faithfully for over 12 years. Titiksu prabhu expertly procures the required donations and Parasuram goes about assembling the massive amounts of ingredients.
Vonunteers beging cutting up, frying, steaming and roasting on Saturday and the heavy duty cooking done by Para, Acintya Rupa and Arjuna prabhus begins at midnight. Ony the best for Lord Jagannath’s Feast; Ghee, cream, Panir, and first class fruits and vegetables. Over one ton of Prasadam offered to Their Lordships.They were served, Rice, Halavah, Curd/Chickpea Subji, Srikand and Fruit Juice. Quite remarkable down to the loading, transporting and serving the huge crowd. It was a pleasure serving with these dedicated devotees. There were many other devotees working equally as hard taking care of so many other aspects of this wonderful Festival. All glories to them all….
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