🔆Some important famous festivals of Kerala
▪️Onam - The National Festival of Kerala
✅It is a harvest festival celebrated by Malayalis.
✅The festival is celebrated to commemorate King Mahabali, whose spirit is said to visit Kerala at the time of Onam.
✅The earliest known reference to Onam is found in Maturaikkaaci – a Sangam-era Tamil poem.
✅Onam is celebrated by making Pookkalam (the fl ower rangolis). Other rituals are also performed which
includes-Vallam Kali (the boat races), Pulikali (the tiger dances), Kummattikali (mask
dances), Onathallu (martial arts), among others.
▪️Thiruvathira
✅The Thiruvathira festival falls on the asterism Thiruvathira in the Malayalam month of Dhanu (December-January).
✅The ArdraDarshan celebrated in Tamil Nadu corresponds to Thiruvathira of Kerala
✅It is considered to be high auspicious to worship Siva and the devotees go to the temple
before sunrise for ‘darshan’.
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▪️Onam - The National Festival of Kerala
✅It is a harvest festival celebrated by Malayalis.
✅The festival is celebrated to commemorate King Mahabali, whose spirit is said to visit Kerala at the time of Onam.
✅The earliest known reference to Onam is found in Maturaikkaaci – a Sangam-era Tamil poem.
✅Onam is celebrated by making Pookkalam (the fl ower rangolis). Other rituals are also performed which
includes-Vallam Kali (the boat races), Pulikali (the tiger dances), Kummattikali (mask
dances), Onathallu (martial arts), among others.
▪️Thiruvathira
✅The Thiruvathira festival falls on the asterism Thiruvathira in the Malayalam month of Dhanu (December-January).
✅The ArdraDarshan celebrated in Tamil Nadu corresponds to Thiruvathira of Kerala
✅It is considered to be high auspicious to worship Siva and the devotees go to the temple
before sunrise for ‘darshan’.
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