May the festival of Onam fill your life with happiness and joy. Wishing you all a very happy Onam. N G Nair and Vishnu at Vaikom Temple
Sarpam Thullal is a spectacular ritual dance performance done to appease the snake gods in Kerala, my home town temples kerala temples. Onam is celebrated in the memory of King Mahabali. It was said that King Mahabali ruled Kerala a long time ago and looked after the welfare of the people. Thus Onam shows the blissful rule of the King and the freedom, which the people enjoyed under his rule. The people also believe that during Onam, the King returns to Kerala to pay a visit to his people. |  The people in Kerala arrange for this festival by cleaning up their houses and decorating them. On the occasion of Onam, everybody in the family wears new clothes. Delicious sweets and dishes are prepared and served on the banana leaves. “Pookalam” a flower mat is visible outside every house.
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