Onam festival

Onam is the traditional festival of Kerala during the spring. It is used to celebrate during harvest time symbolizing the harmony and prosperity among people during the spring. There is also a myth prevailing behind the Onam about King Mahabali who was so just that the gods from heaven were jealous of him and deceived him by making him promise to give three feet of land. So Vamana, a god disguised as a common scholar grew into a giant and covered both the sky and the earth in his two feets.So for the third feet Mahabali bowed and offered his head.Thus he was descended to the nether land.He was allowed to visit his people once a year that is Onam.

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