Onam Festival Celebrations & Events in India

Wishing You a Very Happy Onam 2012! Onam, Keralas famous harvest festival is celebrated with great enthusiasm throughout the state of India. It is celebrated to welcome the King Mahabali (the demon ruler of Kerala) who comes down to earth on the day of Onam to bless his followers and devotees.

Onam falls in the month of Chingam ( Aug Sept ), the first month of the Malayalam calendar. This year Onam falls on 29th August, 2012 i.e on coming Wednesday. Onam is celebrated for 10 days which includes Onam Pookalam (Flower Rangoli), Onam Sadya (Special Onam Food), snake boat race, Kaikottikali dance & much more.

Lots of events are organized to celebrate the fun of Onam festival throughout the state of India. Friends, lets take a look on these events. Onam Feast @ Vembanad, Bangalore Event Date: Aug 28 2012 To Aug 30 2012 Event Venue: The Paul, Domlur, Bangalore

Vembanad, the two time Times Food Award winner, brings signature flavours from the traditional cookbooks of kerala. While exotic non vegetarian favourites adorn the buffet tables, the Ela Sadhya, a grand vegetarian spread, awaits you on Onam (Thiruvonam) day. This Onam Promises to take a tasteful Swing at the Paul Bangalore. Kerala Food Festival @ Promenade , Hyderabad Event Date: Aug 24 2012 To Sep 02 2012 Event Venue: Promenade, Aditya Park Inn Aditya Trade Centre, Ameerpet, Hyderabad

Aditya Park will be organizing Kerala served on a Platter a special food festival to celebrate Onam (the harvest festival). The specially designed food festival will offer an array of mouth watering authentic dishes. Kerala food festival promises to provide everyone an opportunity to enjoy the festivities and rejoice the bounty of nature with popular & authentic Onam dishes.

Onam and Ramzan Crafts Fest 2012 @Thiruvananthapuram Event Date: Aug 03 2012 To Aug 31 2012 from 9:00 AM onwards Event Venue: SMSM Institute, Puthenchanthai, Thiruvananthapuram Gpo, Puthenchanthai, Thiruvananthapuram Kerala Handicrafts Development Corporation conducts a national-level Onam and Ramzan Crafts Fest 2012. Exhibition and sale of a variety of handicrafts and handlooms such as Bengal cottons, Chanderi silks, pearl jewellery, Aranmula kannadi, and so on. Dont miss it! Onam Ela Sadhya Food Fest @Chennai Event Date: Aug 20 2012 To Sep 02 2012 Event Venue: Ente Keralam Anna Nagar , Ente Keralam MRC Nagar , Ente Keralam Poes Garden

Ente Keralam is hosting a special Onam Ela Sadhya at its restaurants in Poes Garden, Anna Nagar and MRC Nagar to celebrate the feast of Onam. The restaurant will be decked in all its traditional glory to celebrate this colorful harvest festival with the people of Chennai. The Onam Sadhya will include a special assortment of two payasams, two pradhaman, four kinds of fried chips, four unique pickles, kaalan, olan, thoran, errusery, avial, sambhar, rasam and more. Check out Onam Sadhya spells festive indulgence

Onam Celebration Visit Thrikkakara Temple, Cochin Event Date: Aug 07 2012 To Oct 06 2012 Event Venue: Thrikkakara Temple, Kochi, Cochin

The Thrikkakara temple, located 10 kms north-east of Kochi, is considered to be the seat of famous 10 days Onam celebrations in Kerala. Thrikkakara is considered to be capital of the good asura (demon) King Mahabali, whose rule was prematurely stopped by Lord Vishnu in the diguise as a Brahmin boy, when the Hindu gods became jealous of the growing power of the generous and kind-hearted king. The Vishnu temple here is the only one of its kind to have Vamana (one of the incarnations of Lord Vishnu) as the deity.

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Have a Happy Onam!