ponnonam - ormakalil onam-gr8 festival of kerala



onathe kurichengilum njan ezhuthumbol athil kurach malayalam varanam enna nirbandham enikkund,,karanam ith malayalikalude mathram utsavamanallo.This festival is for malayalees round the globe, ya a kerala state festival,there is a epic behind this oldest festive of this state. there was a king called MAHABALI who was liked among his prajas, his country men,,there where no place for hatred, selfishness,murder,mischief and anything under his rule.he has been loved by all the people and all were living peacefully and joyfully,seeing this the devas, the gods where unhappy since they thought their place will be uprooted by this king since if there is no hatred or sorrow among the poeple then the common man will forget them ie the gods place will be in extreme danger so they went to their leader, mahavishnu,urging him to go to the palace and demolish him,seeing the tears of his devotees,mahavishnu took the avatar or form of a priest kid . he went to the king and told him he need 3 foot of land for worship as he was a priest and also he was kid and since the king was very charitable person he told the kid to take 3 foot of land as his wish. by hearing this, the kid come back to his original form as a huge huge figure and he stood in such a way that his feet conquered the whole earth , the other foot conquered the sky part and asked the king where is the place for the other foot of land,then the king told to keep his leg on his head as he does not want to step down from his promise. the big gigantic figure of the lord kept the foot to the king`s head and the lord sent him to pathalam,underearth promising him to visit again and again every year to see his country men.
To satisfy him and to convince the king that his people that is we all are living in a pleasant situation even now we are greeting him with flower placed in circles known as pookalam, poo means flower, kalam means here,rounded circle ,,we people greet the old king even now with joy ,happiness and pleasant nature.we dont want our king to see our sorrows atleast when he visits once in a year this day, onam day. so after the pookalam decerations are over , we make sweets,prepare a great meal for the day,the main thing in onam celebrations is that we are together, the whole family will be together,enjoying a peacefull gettogether.

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