ONAM

About:

• Onam is the biggest and the most important festival of the state of Kerala.
  
  
• Time and Duration:
  • It is a harvest festival, celebrated in the beginning of the month of Chingam, the first month of Malayalam Calendar (Kollavarsham). This corresponds with the month of August-September according to Gregorian Calendar.
    
    
  • Carnival of Onam lasts from four to ten days. First day, Atham and tenth day, Thiruonam are most important of all.
    
    
  
  
  
• Background: According to a popular legend, the festival is celebrated to welcome King Mahabali, whose spirit is said to visit Kerala at the time of Onam.