Happy Onam to All!!

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Onam

• Onam is the biggest and ancient festival
  celebrated in kerela. It is the harvest festival
  and also marks the beginning of the year called
  chingam, which is the first month in malayalam
  calender and falls between august and september
  months. It is celebrated for 10 days with huge
  and grand activities all over the state of kerela.

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History of Onam
Onam also marks the homecoming of Legendary King
Mahabali, who ruled kerela in ancient times. That
was said to be a Golden era of Kerela. It is
believed that Mahabali, got a boon from god that
he can visit the people every year.
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Celebrations

• Onam is celebrated for ten days - First day is
  Atham and Thiruvonam is the last day of the
  celebration. Pepole will put Pookalam in front
  of their house and decorate the house to welcome
  mahabali, and they wear new dresses and youngers
  ones get blessings from elders, special poojas
  will also be arranged early morning in temples.

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Highlights of Onam

• Thripunithura athachamayam is the colorful start
  of onam, which is the street parade with
  elephants, musicians, and many kerela art forms.
  And the maharaja of kochi used to march from
  Tripunithura to Vamanamoorthy Temple in
  Thrikkakara, where the onam festival is
  originated.
• Stage shows including classical and folk dances,
  art forms, drama, handicraft fairs will be
  arranged in a grand manner.
• Festival is not fully filled without food.
  Specially for onam, people will prepare 21
  curries dished up in banana leaf.
• The Aranmula Boat Race is the most famous one,
  nearly 50 boats take part in the race, which will
  get started after the ritual got complete and the
  important thing which is focussed is tradition
  not the competition.
• Pulikkali Tiger play is another important
  celebration, where the people will paint like
  tiger and dance and highlight the celebrations.

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