Pamba feast (Sadhya)

Sabariamala devotees consider the holy river Pamba as the one that can help them attain moksha or salvation.The hole Holiness of Sabarimala and Swami Ayyappa is invokes the river Pamba.Pamba Sadhya is a ritual filled with faith in the Lord are performed on the banks of the river Pamba.Lakhs of devotees who reach pamba prepare the sadhya from the ingredients taken from the rear section of the Irumudikettu.Praising the Lord for his charitable traits devotees sit together and in deep faiths eat the Sadhya.The Pamba sadhya takes place on the previous day of makaravilakku.The maiden Ayyappas got a special consideration who take part in the Sadhya.Devotees believes that Swami Ayyappa will join in the Sadhya in the form of a Maiden Ayyappa.
That is why the Pamba Sadhya turns out to be a festival of kindness and equality.The Sadhya offered to all trhe devotees who came there.

Every group of Ayyappas who offer Sadhya will give a hint about by exhibit a Papad(Pappadam) near the sheet that they spread on the ground.On seeing this Ayyappas come in a large number.After the Pamba Sadhya the maiden Ayyappas will collect the ashes from the oven as prasadham.This believes goes to the devotees that the Lord Ayyappa too will attend the Sadhya as a KanniSwami.All the devotees collect ashes from all the oven as they do not know which oven has offered the Lord Food.